Cross-Section Kidney Anatomy
Location & Size: Humans have two kidneys, each approximately the size of a fist, located in back of the body, at the bottom of the rib cage (National Kidney Federation, n.d.) below the diaphragm. Each kidney weighs 115-175 grams (4-6 oz) depending on gender, with males being slightly larger than …
Nutritional Hormone Balancing: Real or a media based hoax?
There is a lot of information in the media and self-help world about balancing your hormones for optimal performance, but how does it actually work? My project provides an analysis of how nutrition affects specific hormones like Cortisol, and the general feedback loop of the endocrine system; and also provides …
Creatine in the Digestive Tract
Through creatine supplementation muscles can output work at a higher intensity for a greater duration of time. This project shows the route in which creatine takes through the digestive tract to provide optimal ATP production for muscles.
Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
Tristan Dellingner Don Larson BIOL_F112X Apr 21, 2024 Cervical Intraepithelial neoplasia Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, commonly referred to as CIN, is the growth of abnormal cells around the cervical area and inside the uterus. The abnormal cell growth can be naturally caused but is most commonly the root of the human …
Prenatal Care and Fetal Development
In order to represent how prenatal care prevents disorders of a developing fetus, I chose to create a drawing of a fetus in the womb with flowers surrounding it. The meaning behind this is that flowers can be a symbol of joy, growth, fertility, and new life. The flowers are …
What Does Your Poo Say About You?
Poo, Its Hue, and Stool Tests Too There are many words that could be used to refer to feces. Feces, stool, excrement, poo, poop, no matter what you call it, it is all the same thing. Feces is defined as semisolid waste product of digestion (Betts et al, 2022). As …