What type of cell is a melanocyte?

Answer 1

Melanocytes are cells located in the bottom layer of the skin's epidermis and in the middle layer of the eye, the uvea.

A pigment-producing cell located in the basal layer of the epidermis with branching processes by means of which melanosomes are transferred to epidermal cells, resulting in pigmentation of the epidermis. Etymology: melano- + G. [kytos,] cell