What parts of the body are most vulnerable to lightning strikes?

Answer 1

Many victims of lightning strikes die from burns and heart failure, and non-fatal strikes have been known to cause moderate to severe damage to the central nervous system. Many victims with neural damage report severe and intractable pain and neuropathy for the rest of their lives.

Answer 2

This question is not very clear. Since a bolt of lightning carries enough energy to cause severe harm or death no matter what part of the body it hits, I don't think it's possible to select any one anatomical feature that might be more susceptible than any other. The heart and the brain. This is due to the fact that our body works on small electrical impulses. One cell or neuron fires and makes a chain reaction throught the body. Lightning is nothing more than large amounts of volts and ampheres. It takes .5 amphers to stop the heart, or start it. Since the brain works on small electrical volts as well, it can cause small strokes. Lightning is searching for a ground. Meaning a place to disperse its energy. Your body is not a ground, but the ground beneath you is. I have witnessed a lightning strike where there wasnt a cloud in the sky and it hit the ground at a Golf tournement and 80 people hit the ground. One girl had her shoes blown off and the "S" on her bra burnt into her skin because it was so hot. When lightning passes through the body, it can pass with no effect or it can burn a path to which it passes. This can burn bones and major arteries like the femorl artery and can pass through with no damage or burn it to a crisp. If this voltage (sometimes up to 10 million volts) passes through the heart it can cause heart failure or major strokes in the brain. The same thing can happen with electrocution as well.

Answer 3

Well anywhere on your body that you get hit, it will send the pulse through your whole body. If it somehow only hits your fingernail (a bit of lightning) it wont hurt at all, same with your hair.

So probably your Hair or Fingernail.

Answer 4

The head and neck are the most vulnerable parts of the body to lightning strikes because they offer a direct path for the electrical current to travel through the body. Other vulnerable areas include the hands and feet, as they are in contact with the ground and may provide grounding for the electrical charge.

Answer 5

The heart and the nervous system (brain, spinal cord, etc.). Lightning usually kills because it shorts out the hearts electrical system and damages the heart muscle.