EPIDERMAL LAYERS and MELANOCYTES in the BASAL LAYER, Human Skin, Keratinized, 100X - stock photo

EPIDERMAL LAYERS and MELANOCYTES in the BASAL LAYER, Human Skin, Keratinized, 100X. This image shows four layers of the Epidermis: Stratum Corneum (cornified or keratinized), Stratum Granulosum (has dark granules), Stratum Spinosum (many layers of cells), and the Stratum Basale (or Germinitivum) that has very dark MELANOCYTES that produce a dark, protective pigment called MELANIN. The pink colored Dermis is below the basal layer. The Epithelium is Keratinized Statified Squamous Epithelium.