My project targets the learning objective that involves describing how a muscle contraction is induced, and I have chosen to cover amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to depict this objective. ALS is a progressive degenerative condition that targets the anterior horn cells in the spinal cord and causes paralysis. It is …
My project was about how the neurodegenerative disease called Huntington’s disease affects the brain. The colored pieces of the brain are where the disease affects the brain.
The nervous system interacts with the various systems of the human body in a number of key ways, one of the most important to a person’s daily life is of course the ability to move around. To pick up any object you might need and use it with the precision …
Course Objective: Explain how neurons carry an electrical charge
This short comic explains how an action potential is used in a neuron to cause a sudden clench to an individual’s hand who has a condition known as dystonia. This comic will demonstrate how much like roads neurons allow for energy to be carried throughout the body in order for multiple different functions, such as movement.
To best understand this comic please read right to left.
Chronic pain is long standing pain that persists beyond the usual recovery period or occurs along with a chronic health condition. The cause of chronic pain is not always due to tissue damage but may also be caused by hyperactivity or disfunction of nerves either in the central nervous system …
Did you know that one out of every nine people over the age of 65 experience dementia? As we age, we all experience some form of confusion and age-related memory problems. Is that dementia? No. Dispite the common misconseption that dementia is a disease, I am here to tell you …
This project’s purpose is to explore the process of diagnosing osteoporosis. I will first introduce osteoporosis and its effects, then I will cover the bone cells and their roles in bone building and resorption to understand how osteoporosis works, and finally the imaging process. My art piece on osteoporosis aims to communicate the …
