Osteophyte and Degenerative Disc Disease of the Lumbar Spine

An osteophyte is also known as a bone spur that grows on the joints of our lower spine because of degenerative changes. Ostephytes have three types of osteophytes: traction spur, inflammatory spur and the original osteophyte or osteochondrophyte. Osteophyte is diagnosed with a bone density test that will measure the …

Psoriasis

I am covering the objective “Describe tissues in the integumentary” for my STEAM project with the connection to psoriasis. For my project I crocheted 10 layers shaped like squares that form a block, and this is to give you a view of a piece of what the integumentary layers look …

How does body dysmorphia effect the human skeleton?

My research topic was how body dysmorphia affects the skeletal system. This research topic ties into the course objective “Explain how bone development is hormonally regulated”. I decided to focus on the usage of steroids or performance enhancing drugs, which is a form of body dysmorphia as male and female …

What do you knee’d, by Turner Nolan

Turner Nolan STEAM project 11/21/2024                       “What do you knee’d?”                               A contrast of different auto and allograft options for ACL reconstruction:                Whether we’re getting a paper cut, or slipping on ice, we all somehow end up getting hurt sometime in our lives, and for those in sports unfortunately …

Martin Paul- Trichinella spiralis and How It Affects Your Muscles

For my steam project I decided to make a YouTube Video on trichinella spiralis and its affect on the muscles. In this video I talked about how trichinella spiralis is a parasitic roundworm that is found in animals like pigs, bears, rats, and many other carnivorous/omnivorous animals. Many of these …