The market environment is a marketing term and refers to factors and forces that affect a firmâs ability to build and maintain successful relationships with customers. Three levels of the environment are 3: Micro (internal) environment - small forces within the company that affect its ability to serve its customers. Meso environment â the industry in which a company operates and the industryâs market(s). Macro (national) environment - larger societal forces that affect the microenvironment.
The anatomical relationship between keratinocytes and melanocytes is known as 'the epidermal melanin unit' and it has been estimated that each melanocyte is in contact with â¼40 keratinocytes in the basal and suprabasal layers.. Translated: Melanocytes produce melanin in nice little packages called, melanosomes.
The stratum lucidum (clear layer) is found only in thick skin and is composed of dead keratinocytes. The stratum corneum (horny layer) is the outermost protective layer of the epidermis composed of a thick layer of dead keratinocytes.The epidermis is a keratinized stratified squamous epithelium.ells of the Epidermis. The majority of epidermal cells are keratinocytes that produce a fibrous protective protein called keratin. Melanocytes are epithelial cells that synthesize the pigment melanin. Langerhans cells, or epidermal dendritic cells, are macrophages that help activate the immune system.