In October of 2017, my husband’s best friend, a seemingly healthy 25-year-old man in excellent physical shape, suddenly lost all feeling and control of the left side of his body. This began a two-and-a-half-year journey for him through the all but hopeless diagnosis of a glioblastoma. During his time fighting …
In my STEAM project I discuss the pectus deformities. The specific objectives my topic covers are: “know the stages of bone development and repair,” “know the parts of the bone and their shape,” and “explain how bone development is hormonally regulated.” I chose this topic because it is close to …
Spina Bifida is a disorder in the neural tube of the spine That develops while still in the womb. There are three different types with differing severity the names are depicted in the picture. It is also a bone deformation which is the objective I covered. Myelomeningocele is the most severe out of the three followed by Meningocele and Spina Bifida Occulta. The least worrisome is called Spina Bifida Occulta, there is very little damage that this form of Spina Bifida does. It is simply a gap in the back portion of the spine where the bone didn’t completely form. There is no fluid-filled sack and no nerve damage. This form of Spina Bifida is often not found until late childhood, adulthood, and sometimes after death. The second is called Meningecele (ma-nin-jo-seal), This form of Spina Bifida is more severe than Spina Bifida Occulta. It can be seen externally, this form of Spina Bifida has a fluid-filled sack with no nerve protruding into the sack from the spinal column. There is a minor disability that goes along with this form of Spina Bifida. The third and most severe is Myelomeningocecle (my-low-ma-nin-jo-seal), which is the one people think of when they think of Spina Bifida. This is evident by a fluid-filled sack on the back and there is part of the spinal cord and nerve protruding through the gap in the spine into the fluid-filled sack. There are two different types of Myelomeningocecle one skin forms over the sack of skin and the second the area remains open and there is no protection for the exposed nerves and spinal cord. This form of Spina Bifida has moderate to severe disorders both intellectually and physically, for example, people with this form can have issues going to the bathroom (CDC. 2020 & Basaloglu et al., 2017).
CDC. (2020, September 1). What is Spina Bifida? Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/spinabifida/facts.html
Stem Project Essay What does having an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and a posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injury entail ;and what are the similarity and differences between the two? In this informative essay I will be going in depth with my steam project topic questions. I will also mention the …
By: Bridgette Bourgouin Humans have various joints around our bodies that help us to move, extend, and rotate. One of the most used joints in the body is the shoulder joint. The shoulder joint is a synovial ball-and-socket joint that allows us to move our shoulder in various ways. The …
In my steam project I am going to be looking at Osteoporosis and the effects it can cause on human bones. The effects that I will be looking at are going to be compared and contrasted to normal functioning bones. My art project will be creating two cake models of …
For my STEAM project, I wanted to show the different kinds of bone breaks you can get, the positions the bone fragment can end up in, and the interventions that may be used. The piece drawn out covers classifying fractures and goes beyond describing how fractures are healed by outside …
For my STEAM project I decided to look at injuries in the knee among skiers. Skiing is a big part of my own winter activities so I thought doing some research about the different injuries in the knees would be beneficial. My object that I covered is know the muscles …
