Emphysema and your alveoli
Looking at the damage done to a humans alveoli when affected by emphysema. The alveolar sac on the right is healthy, while the sac on the right is afflicted by emphysema.
Gestational Diabetes
For my steam project, I decided to touch on a common disorder during pregnancy and it’s cause. I chose Gestational Diabetes, which is a condition that can happen during pregnancy when your blood sugar levels become too high. It’s a pretty common condition diagnosed as it affects up to 10% …
Disorders of blood and how they can be treated
For this steam project, I did disorders of the blood. I found them intriguing and enlightening that I did not just do one blood disorder, but I also did three different types of blood cancers to add a little razzle-dazzle. Anemia is the main blood disorder. I also included lymphoma, …
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
In my Steam Project I chose Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome it is the common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age.
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 …
Emphysema & Smoking- Megahn Reese
Emphysema is a respiratory condition and type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that describes the rupture of alveoli walls and the resulting enlargement of these air sacs. The rupturing of the alveoli and enlargement of the air sacs in the lungs leads to much less surface area in the …
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 …