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.
Recently, we experienced a rash of lightning strikes in our marina, and several boats were struck, including the boat I run, Brier Patch. Interestingly, we did not even take a direct hit; the lightning hit another 72-foot Merritt docked next to us. The bolt struck an antenna, blowing it apart and sending burned shards and pieces of fiberglass flying in a 100-yard radius around the boat, including all over Brier Patch and the parking lot. Lightning can enter your boat several ways.