My STEAM piece is on the learning objective “Describe how immunity can be acquired through passive and active means.” This was a very intriguing unit for me – the lymphatic and immune system – because it is constantly defending our bodies, but often goes unnoticed. I decided to demonstrate the …
Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that affects the lining of the digestive tract. Symptoms include diarrhea, nausea, fatigue, loss of appetite, weight loss, blood in stool, fevers, severe stomach pain, and sores in the mouth. The areas with red circles show the areas that are inflamed when Crohn’s …
It is not all-inclusive of rhythms or treatment. They were originally on a darker background, but had to re-print onto a white one for the lighting last minute.
The red cake illustrates a normal functioning heart. The black cake demonstrates a heart that has experienced a heart attack. The color black, shows that blood clots have blocked the blood flow to the heart. The cut piece illustrates loss of tissue and damage.
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This is a drawing I’ve done with charcoal of healthy lungs and smoker’s lungs. It is showing the long term affects that smoking has on the lungs. I’ve labeled which lungs are which and the sticky note labels state the visible differences between the two. A&P Final <— I …
For our project we chose to focus on emphysema. As active emergency medical technicians on an ambulance crew, COPD and emphysema are extremely common complaints that we see in the field. Emphysema is a form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and it is distinguished by an abnormal increase in …
Opisthorchiasis viverrini is a parasitic liver fluke (a type of flatworm). This parasite is more commonly known as the Southeast Asian liver fluke and is a common infection of the civet cat and other fish-eating mammals, such as domestic cats and dogs. People are infected after eating raw, salted, pickled, …