Which vesicle carries melanin into keratinocytes?
AMelanosome
BMelanocyte
CMelanoblast
DMelanophage
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Melanosome
1. The pigment is made in one cell and used in another.
2. A packaging vesicle moves it.
3. The melanin is transferred into the keratinocytes via a cellular vesicle called a melanosome.
4. So the answer is a melanosome.
_Source: OpenStax 'Anatomy and Physiology 2e', Ch 5 'The Integumentary System'_
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