For this project, I will be focusing on Huntington’s disease and its relation to the course objective “Identify the various components and key structures of the nervous system” from unit six. It will concentrate on Huntington’s disease and its effect on nervous system structures, specifically regions of the brain. Individuals …
Burns is tissue damage caused my high heat, electricity, radiation or friction. Burns can be superficial but can also be fatal. They are easily infected, so it is Important to keep these wounds clean and healthy. The skin has three layers. The first layer is called the epidermis. This is …
Alzheimer’s is a terrible brain disorder that slowly destroys one’s memory and thinking skills, and eventually, the ability for one to carry out simple, everyday tasks. Alzheimer’s is the leading cause of dementia, the inability to remember certain things, perform certain tasks, and generally having an interference with daily activities. …
For my STEAM project, I choose to represent how chronic pain is perceived through the medium of digital animation. The video shows a comparison between how chronic pain is developed after an initial injury (the top half of the animation) v.s. someone who does not develop chronic pain after an …
I chose to do my project on Marfan’s Syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that also affects the cardiovascular system. It is typically characterized by a tall and slender build, disproportionately long extremities as well as fingers and toes, abnormal heart rhythms, and other symptoms. I was inspired by Italian violinist …
My drawings of a healthy muscle and an atrophied muscle. Gluing together my project More in progress photos. Completed project.
The objective I am covering is organelles and their functions. In this project I focused on one specific organelle -mitochondria- and a disease that impacted its function. Leber hereditary optic neuropathy or LHON is a mitochondrial disorder. Mitochondrial disorders are a family of disorders stemming from mitochondria (the organelle whose …
Objective Describe the onset, symptoms, and recovery of Parsonage-Turner Syndrome (PTS). To teach the reader how PTS restricts nerve conduction and can cause pain, myopathy, and atrophy. Introduction In 1948, Parsonage-Turner Syndrome was named after English physicians, Parsonage and Aldren Turner, who identified 136 soldiers with similar symptoms. These soldiers …
For my STEAM project, I chose to represent the relationship between sleep and bone health through a drawing. The project aims to address the course objectives related to the hormonal regulation of bone development and bone growth/repair. The drawing is of two skeletons each with a clock in place of …
My STEAM project explores Classical Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which is a disease that affects connective tissue in the body (Mayo Clinic, 2022). This topic mainly relates to the, “Compare and contrast the function and structural characteristics of tissues,” objective. My art project models what the connective tissue of a health person …
