Year: 2020

Styrofoam comparison of a healthy bone and a Osteogenesis Imperfecta Bone (Brittle Bone).

In this project I made clay models of how a bone heals from a fracture. I made some clay and some paint to create visual aids of the process. I then labeled the different parts in each stage.

White, Natalie R._Steam Project For my STEAM project I chose to focus on Kienbock’s disease. Kienbock’s disease, also known as avascular necrosis of the wrist, is a condition in which the lunate loses blood supply, and it leads to the death of the lunate. There are four stages to Kienbock’s …

I did my project on the spine. Each section of the spine is a different color. I was trying to show the disc and the nerves(in the last few vertebrae). It is suppose to show herniated disc and and eroded disc and the nerves being pinch within. It is a …

Myokymia is the rippling, quivering and involuntary contractions of muscle. Blepharospasm is characterized by excessive involuntary closure of the orbicularis muscles around the eye. The condition of Myokymia is very common and happens to most people during their lifetime. Myokymia can develop to Blepharospasm but the main difference is the …

covid   You can see good lungs in my image and then you can see how the virus is taking over the lungs. You can see how the tissue in the respiratory system is affected by the virus. The last drawing is the long-lasting COVID-19 effects.  

What better way to learn about an injury you currently have than to do more research on it! I decided to do my STEAM project on lateral epicondylitis, more commonly known as tennis elbow. I will dive deeper into why certain arm and wrist movements hurt more than others, and …