Question

The skin is the body's largest organ. It's made up of many different types of cells. Oils, produced by the sebaceous glands, prevent the skin from drying and splitting. The pigment melanin, produced by melanocytes in the epidermis, protects the skin from the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation. Sweat, released through ducts to the skin surface, helps to cool the body. The types of cells that produce these compounds have different numbers of specific organelles, depending on their function. Melanocytes use many enzymes to produce melanin. Based on their function, you would expect melanocytes in the skin to have a higher than the usual number of

A. chloroplasts. B. microtubules. C. ribosomes. D. lysosomes.

Answer 1

Melanocytes have highre number of microtubules and ribosomes. Melanocytes produces the pigment melanin. To produce melanin they need more enzymes as a result of which they has more number of ribosomes. In case of minor cuts and injuries melanocytes need to move to other places so they need more microtubules. hence the correct answer is-

B- microtubules and C ribosomes.

Chloroplasts are contained in plant cells so it is wrong answer, they does not break down the cells so lysosome cant be the answer