Electrocardiography

For my project, I decided to bake heart-shaped cookies of electrocardiogram readings. An electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) graphically records the electrical signal of the heart to examine different heart conditions. This is how abnormal heart rhythm can be detected. It is the composite of all action potentials at a given …

The Relationship Between COPD and Congestive Heart Failure

The cardiovascular system and respiratory system are very closely connected and rely on each other heavily. Understanding how they are connected is one of the objectives for this course. I chose to dig deeper into this relationship through my steam project by comparing COPD and CHF. The art portion of …

Androgenic Anabolic Steroids and Liver Damage

Manipulation of the endocrine system through the abuse of Anabolic Steroids creates greater health risks than just an interruption of the hypothalamus-pituitary- gonadal axis. Prolonged abuse places the user at risk of sever liver distress. Some of this distress is the result of interruptions in metabolic functions of the liver …

The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs (with cake!)

I have chosen to make an edible representation of the act of respiration with a cake. The orange skittles are alveoli, with blue sprinkles flowing in one direction to show the intake of oxygen headed towards the alveoli, and the green sprinkles represent carbon dioxide headed out of the alveoli …