For our project we chose to focus on emphysema. As active emergency medical technicians on an ambulance crew, COPD and emphysema are extremely common complaints that we see in the field. Emphysema is a form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and it is distinguished by an abnormal increase in …
Opisthorchiasis viverrini is a parasitic liver fluke (a type of flatworm). This parasite is more commonly known as the Southeast Asian liver fluke and is a common infection of the civet cat and other fish-eating mammals, such as domestic cats and dogs. People are infected after eating raw, salted, pickled, …
For my STEAM project, I chose to dig a little deeper in to Multiple Sclerosis (MS). MS is an autoimmune disease that attacks the myelin sheath coverings on the axons of nerve cells. The myelin sheath acts as an electrochemical insulator to help transmit signals to the body, so when …
I decided to explore and analyze the path of blood through the heart by making a booklet illustrating the structure and functions of the heart as a muscular organ. The heart starts pumping approximately 22 days after conception and involves a complex biological signal, interactions, specification of myocardial progenitor cells, …
I did my project along the lines of acid reflux. Gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD for short occurs when our esophageal sphincter that prevents back flow becomes very week and people experience heart burn two times a week or more. Something that can commonly happen at the same time is …
I used block prints to make a collage of some of the major stages of embryonic development, which includes weeks 3 through 8 of development of the embryo. The first print on the upper left is the blastocyst. The embryonic stage begins with implantation of this blastocyst which is what …
Paragonimus Westermani Paragonimus westermani is a species of lung fluke acquired by a food-borne parasitic infection. P. westermani can cause a severe and fatal infection if left misdiagnosed and untreated. P. westermani is also known as the Japanese lung fluke or oriental lung fluke because infections are endemic in eastern …
I chose this because we learned about the respiratory system this semester. Few weeks into the new semester I became a new dad. My daughter was born 39 weeks to the day. She was technically full term but she had a slight problem keeping her oxygen levels normal. She wasn’t …
Heart failure is the main topic of my steam project that I want to describe more about it. Basically, my steam project will cover heart failure types, the process of its anatomy description and its symptoms and treatments. It is known to us that the heart is important …
I made a children’s book describing ovulation and ovarian cysts. Because it’s my art piece, it is a little more simplified than my report. I tried to show what the ovaries look like before and after the growth of cysts and how they can affect people. STEAM A&P2