Obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, is commonly misunderstood and misrepresented in the media. OCD will often be portrayed superficially as an extreme fear of germs, excessive hand washing, and/or obsessive perfectionism. In reality, OCD encompasses those behaviors and so much more. OCD is a common, chronic mental disorder that causes …
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) encompasses a group of 13 heritable disorders that affect connective tissue, a critical component responsible for providing support, structure, and elasticity throughout the body. Common features of EDS include joint hypermobility, skin hyperextensibility, and tissue fragility, all resulting from genetic variations that alter collagen production—the primary protein …
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kXgC9_VcpkSn8AJXm_x7mlUU71yCujrR/view?usp=drive_link This STEAM project presents itself as an exploration of the effect that height and muscle mass have on a person’s ability to climb a 5.7 route. The course objectives covered are those in units four and five, the skeletal and muscular system respectively, that describe the movement of bones/muscles …
For my STEAM Project I chose to research and represent Ehler-Danlos Syndrome, or EDS, and specifically how it affects joints and joint movement. I represented this by creating a clay doll, and connecting most of the joints by red string to emphasize the “loose” feeling of joints in people with …
For my steam project, I decided to tackle the objective: “explain how bone development is hormonally regulated.” And with this, I decided to delve into Grave’s Disease and its affects on bone development and Growth. In my research, Grave’s Disease is an autoimmune disorder that affects the thyroid gland. It …
Skull fractures are serious injuries that occur when the bone in the skull is damaged, usually due to a physical impact to the skull or transmitted through the body. To study these injuries, I modeled several types of cranial skull fracture using loaves of bread. This project covers the class …
My STEAM project covers Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). More specifically, it will be covering how the body responds to adipose tissue in the ovaries due to PCOS. My project covers the objective “Describe in depth each type of epithelial and connective tissue. Be able to describe their function and location.” …
According to Abbiss and Laursen’s article, there are several different models to explain how and why muscles fatigue during ultra endurance cycling events and, within those models, there are submodels. The overarching models include the cardiovascular/anaerobic model, energy supply and energy depletion, neuromuscular fatigue (which is what I focused on), …
