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.
Name the four types of cells found in the epidermis. Keratinocytes, Langerhans cells or epidermal dendritic cells, Merkel cells or tactile cells and melanocytes. Keratinocytes are most abundant. A Merkel cell or a tactile cell is connected to neurons and senses touch in the skin. The Merkel cell is found in the stratum basale.