cell body. noun. Medical Definition of cell body. : the nucleus-containing central part of a neuron exclusive of its axons and dendrites that is the major structural element of the gray matter of the brain and spinal cord, the ganglia, and the retinaâcalled also perikaryon, soma.
Sometimes a bridge collapses for glaringly obvious reasons â being whacked by a barge, for example. That's what knocked down Florida's Sunshine Skyway bridge in 1980, killing 35 people, and the I-40 bridge near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, in 2002, killing 14, and a causeway in Louisiana in 1964, killing 14.
China opens world's highest, longest glass bridge. A new bridge now open in China is putting fears to the test for people brave enough to walk across it. The bridge is the world's largest and highest made from glass. To prove that the bridge is safe, visitors were allowed to smash the glass panels with a sledgehammer. Developers also showed the bridge was still able to hold an SUV full of people over the smashed glass.