How Acne Vulgaris can affect the Epithelial Tissue.

In my STEAM Project, I covered how acne vulgaris can potentially damage the epithelial tissue.  My illustrations show the different stages of acne forming within the hair follicle, from beginning to end. My art project was supposed to be a small flip book, but I had trouble getting all the …

Connections Between the Speed of Neuron Communication and Down Syndrome

This STEAM project has a focus on part of the reason why people who are born with trisomy 23, or Down Syndrome, experience slower connections within the nervous system that affect their ability to interact with the world. The posted watercolor painting (admittedly, not a great one since my artistic …

Bone Cell Construction Workers and Paget’s Disease:

This piece explores the four main cells that comprise bone tissue and their functions under normal conditions, as well as how those functions can go wrong in the context of Paget’s disease. The first four panels of the comic explore the normal functioning of the cells with a building metaphor, …

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome affects the connective tissue

In this STEAM project, I will be discussing the Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and how this syndrome affects the connective tissue.  I will be also talking about some information about Ehler-Danlos syndrome for some background information.   Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS) is a group of inherited disorders that affects the connective tissue.  Connective tissue is …

Scoliosis

This project details how scoliosis affects different areas of the body. With some help from my cousins, I drew a diagram of my body and spine as I am afflicted with scoliosis. On this diagram, I outlined many of the side effects of having scoliosis. Edit: Unfortunately, this is the …