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.
In the deepest layer of the epidermis, called the stratum basale, Merkel cells are found, these cells are part of the cell-neuron complex: a close association with an afferent nerve ending, the sensory part of the epidermis.he upper most outer layer of the skin, the epidermis, consists of squamous cells (flat and scale-like in shape) and underneath basal cells (round shaped).