Diabetic Gastroparesis – Sarah Long
The objectives I am relating to Diabetic Gastroparesis are State the 4 functions and 6 steps of the digestive system. Relate the stomach, pancreas, liver, gallbladder, large and small intestine, and esophagus to these functions. Know the order of organ function and path of food during digestion. Diabetic Gastroparesis is …
Cardiovascular system; Exploring Heart Valve Disease: Causes, Symptoms, and Management
For my STEAM presentation, I will be focusing the course objectives of the cardiovascular and circulatory system and expand on those topics into issues that can occur within the heart. Specifically, I will be expanding on heart valve disease and covering the impacts of this disease on blood flow within …
Gallstones travel through the ducts
Gallstones are not often talked about but it is the fifth major digestive disease in the United States, gallstones form when bile harden. Extra bile is stored in the gallbladder to aid in digestion into the small intestine. Bile enters from the top from the common hepatic duct from the …
Dendritic cells
When I start learning more about dendritic cells, I couldn’t help but think about them like they are honorable knights that are running around in our body, monitoring the tissues, battling pathogens and heading to the lymph nodes to present potential dangers to the lymph node residents. Their population is …
Sickle Cell Anemia
Sickle Cell Anemia- For this project, I have crocheted a few healthy red blood cells and also some blood cells suffering from Anemia.
Evolution of the Heart through the Ages
I chose to represent a mixture of course objectives within the cardiovascular system. Both analyzing the evolutionary history of the heart and explaining the structure and function of the heart. “The earliest known heart and blood vessels have been found in an exceptionally well-preserved fossil, revealing that a complex cardiovascular …
Uterine Polyps
For my STEAM project I covered objectives from the reproductive unit to rope in knowing the structure and functions of the female reproductive organs, describing ovulation, and menstrual cycles. I will briefly describe the cycles of menstruation, ovulation, hormonal birth control, and the structures of the uterus. These objectives link directly into my topic of research, uterine polyps. My brochure explains in a simplified fashion the symptoms, clinical diagnosis, treatment, and statistic surrounding the sparse literature on uterine polyps.
Atrioventricular Septal Defect
There should be a complete wall running down the center of the heart, but as you can see, there is a dip in the wall and if the other half of the heart was present you would be able to observe the hole between the atria and the ventricle chambers.