Aidan Payan – STEAM Project
This STEAM project is covering the four cells that comprise bone tissue. My project is on the disease Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP). FOP is a disease that affects the ligaments, tendons, and skeletal muscles and causes heterotopic bone formation. This occurs when bone tissue begins to form in soft tissues, …
Periodontal Disease
This is Pearl and she is a healthy tooth. Pearl is radiant and prides herself on being the most beautiful tooth. She has a strong enamel, beautiful dentin, and a healthy dental pulp with blood vessels and nerves supplying nutrients and neurological signals. The gums around Pearl support and protect …
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome- Natasha Fenton
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) – The topic I chose to research was carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), a condition caused by the compression of the median nerve as it passes through the carpal tunnel. This topic relates to the class objective from unit 4: “Describe the structure and function of peripheral …
PANS/PANDAS
Written by Vivienne Palin My STEAM project covers the objective “Identify the various components and key structures of the nervous system” and takes a look at the not-so-well-known autoimmune encephalitides, PANS/PANDAS. My art piece gives a glimpse into different treatment modalities and symptoms, what the PANS/PANDAS acronym stands for, and …
Creutzfeldt-Jacobs disease (vCJD)
The learning objective I’m discussing and expanding on is how neurons carry an electrical charge. How It Works Neurons work like one way roads, there’s a path to send messages to the brain and another to send messages to the body. Afferent pathways travel toward the brain, and efferent travel …
Dystonia STEAM 2024
Throughout the semester we learned about the mechanics of a muscle contraction and their functions. Dystonia is a movement disorder that is characterized as slow, often repetitive involuntary movements and posture, (Fehlings, 2024). This movement disorder causes the skeletal muscles to continuously contract which can cause twisting motions, and patterned …