The definition of antiseptic is something that is germ free, something that is very clean or something that eliminates germs. 1  An example of something that is antiseptic are doctors tools.  An example of an antiseptic substance is hand sanitizer.
1. Distribution and localisation of Merkel cells. Merkel cells are epidermal cells localised in the basal layer of the epidermis and the epithelial sheath of hair follicles. The vast majority of Merkel cells are intimately associated with a nerve terminal but some are not.
Human Merkel cells were first described by Friedrich S. Merkel in 1875 and named âTastzellenâ (touch cells) assuming a sensory touch function within the skin.n established function of the Merkel cellânerve complex is to act as a slowly adapting mechanoreceptor. This holds for the classical nerve-associated Merkel cells such as those present in Haarscheiben and whisker hair follicles (Iggo and Findlater, 1984).