Multiple choice

Which of the following skin cells possesses immune function?

  1. Keratocytes

  2. Melanocytes

  3. Langerhans cells

  4. Merkel cells

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C Correct answer
Explanation

In skin infections, the local Langerhans cells take up and process microbial antigens to become fully functional antigen-presenting cells; thus it plays a major role in immunity.