IUD STEAM Project
If you can’t tell that is the female reproductive system. I used different colors to distinguish between the myometrium and the uterus. The beige section inside the uterus is representative of the increased mucous that is built up by a hormonal IUD. The beads are representative of the copper ions …
Effects pneumonia has on the lungs
Effects to the lungs from Pneumonia My STEAM project will be about the effects pneumonia has on your lungs. Weird question but have you ever imagined putting one of those thin plastic grocery store bags over your head just to be curious on how it would feel to not be …
The Cardiovascular System: Coronary Artery Disease
I painted a canvas black, I drew the heart and coronary arteries and showed what it looked like compared to a normal, healthy heart. The yellow stuff on the artery diseased is plaque. This is buildup that slows or stops the blood flow to the heart from that artery. The …
Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation
This project depicts tricuspid regurgitation (TR). It is a fabric stitched heart with a frontal plane cross sectional view. It shows some of the gross anatomy of the human heart. This includes right and left atrium, right and left ventricle, interventricular septum, tricuspid valve, chordae tendineae, mitral valve, superior and …
Achalasia
Achalasia is a rare disorder that results from progressive destruction of the ganglion cells in the myenteric plexus esophageal wall. The distraction of the cell leads to the inability of the lower esophageal sphincter to relax and leads the loss of peristalsis of the distal esophagus. As a result there …
My own recreation of gut microbiome mapping representing spatial organization – by Olivia Kraska
Microbial mapping is where scientists take a swab of any area inside the body, most commonly it is done to our tongue and cheek, then adding fluorescent dye to that sample to tag all the diverse bacteria that exist within it. This is a painting I did to represent not …
Endometriosis
Endometriosis is a common disease affecting women who are of reproductive age. It is an inflammatory disease that is distinguished by having tissue growing outside the uterus. The symptoms of endometriosis can vary widely with the different stages. Some of them include Painful periods, lower back and abdominal pain, pain …
Cardio Carpool
My project is a short film about the pathway of blood. In this video, we have an UBER driver being forced to take carbon dioxide to all these different parts of “town” and after he drops off carbon dioxide he picks up oxygen, during his journey with oxygen, a blood …