KROK 1 2015 – Question 21 · KROK (Medicine) · Histology, Cytology, and Embryology
A 12-year-old patient has white nonpigmented spots on the skin. The spots appeared after the patient became 10 years old, and they constantly grow. This spots appeared due to the lack of the following skin cells:
- A. Adipocytes
- B. Plasmocytes
- C. Fibrocytes
- D. Labrocytes
- E. Melanocytes
Hint
Ask which skin cell type produces the pigment of the skin, since the spots are pale because that pigment is missing.
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