Jill Is Blind and Often Uses Braille (A System of Raised

question 19

Multiple Choice

Jill is blind and often uses braille (a system of raised dots) to read her school assignments.What cell in the stratum basale of the epidermis helps her discriminate between the textured dots?

• A)keratinocyte
• B)melanocyte
• C)dendritic (Langerhans)cell
• D)Merkel cell

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Definitions:

Poisson Distribution

A statistical distribution showing the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space.

Discrete Probability Distribution

A mathematical function that represents the probabilities of occurrence of different possible outcomes for a discrete random variable.

Skewed To The Right

Describes a distribution of data where the tail on the right side of the histogram is longer or fatter than the left side, indicating that most of the data are concentrated to the left.

Symmetrical

A shape or distribution that is mirrored equally on both sides of a central axis.