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 …
Flat bone representing the scapula. long bone representing the femur. Irregular bone representing a spinal vertebrae. Small bone representing a tarsal. For my last model it represents a long bone affected by osteoarthritis. It’s a model of only one half showing the ball of the bone, and the effects.
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, …
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 …
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 …
The goal of my project is to show the process of bone healing in the body once it has been broken. The poster board, converted to a diagram showing the steps in the process, has facts and descriptions written on it for each step of the way. My objective …
The paper will define crush injuries and explain the sudden release of toxic chemicals that lead to a high level of the electrolyte potassium in the blood, therefore disrupting the body’s pH and making it more acidic. Treatment of crush injuries is also discussed. The document will directly correlate Unit …
I used polymer clay to create two different brains-a healthy one and one with Alzheimers’ disease. Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurologic disorder, which results in cerebral atrophy and brain cell death. A brain with Alzheimer’s disease can be easily identified by its external appearance.
This picture shows the difference between a foot with Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) and one without. The right model is a normal foot and the left is the malformed one. Typically, people who have this genetic disease do have malformation on both feet, though I chose to just make two …