Melanin

Melanin

A dark-brown to black pigment occuring in the hair, the skin, and in the iris of eye.

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melanin

Personal care products; Skin care

Melanin is the dark pigment in hair and skin.

melanin

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A pigment in the skin of animals which determines skin and coat color. It is found in two chemically different forms: eumelanin (which produces brown and black) and phaeomelanin ...

melanin

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The brown-black pigment found in the skin, eyes, and hair.

melanin

Biology; Cell biology

A pigment that gives the skin color and protects the underlying layers against damage by ultraviolet light; produced by melanocytes in the inner layer of the epidermis.

melanin

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Pigment, as typically produced by specialised epidermal cells called melanocytes.

melanin

Biology; Biochemistry

A dark chemical compound that gives color to the skin, hair, scales, feathers, and eyes of animals.

abdomen

Anatomy; Human body

The part of the body cavity below the chest, from which it is separated by the diaphragm.

bone marrow

Anatomy; Human body

The soft blood-forming tissue that fills the cavities of bones and contains fat and immature and mature blood cells, including white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets.

meninges

Anatomy; Human body

A series of membranous layers of connective tissue that protect the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord).

medulla oblongata

Anatomy; Human body

The base of the brain, which is formed by the enlarged top of the spinal cord. This part of the brain directly controls breathing, blood flow and other essential functions.

olfactory nerve

Anatomy; Human body

A nerve that registers smells by carrying the impulses for the sense of smell from the nose to the brain.

optic nerve

Anatomy; Human body

The optic nerve connects the eye to the brain. It carries the impulses formed by the retina, the nerve layer that lines the back of the eye and senses light and creates impulses. ...

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