I chose to write about Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis because one of the most impressionable patients I have had has been a little girl who has JIA (Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis). I can remember the pain in her eyes and how scared she was. The weekly flights to give her the injections …
The course objective I am going to cover in this STEAM is “Identify the 4 cells that comprise bone tissue.” Artistically, I am going to use graphite drawings to show each cell and their respective details. The skeletal system interested me the most during this class and I am excited …
In October of 2017, my husband’s best friend, a seemingly healthy 25-year-old man in excellent physical shape, suddenly lost all feeling and control of the left side of his body. This began a two-and-a-half-year journey for him through the all but hopeless diagnosis of a glioblastoma. During his time fighting …
In my STEAM project I discuss the pectus deformities. The specific objectives my topic covers are: “know the stages of bone development and repair,” “know the parts of the bone and their shape,” and “explain how bone development is hormonally regulated.” I chose this topic because it is close to …
For my project I wanted to explore the topic of epidurals. The objectives that I find relevant to this topic include, compare, and contrast the central nervous system, Identify the 7 functions of the bone, know the parts of the bone and their shape. When a woman gets an epidural, …
The steam project I tried to do was a comic strip detailing the spread of Yesinia Pestis on a cellular and societal view. The bubonic plague or “Black Death” was an incredible pandemic that spread across Europe, north Africa, and Asia through 1346 – 1353. Although it was a relatively …
The objectives from the course that I connected my project to are: to “Identify Nucleic Acids, Lipids, Carbohydrates and Proteins”, and “Compare and Contrast the different organic molecules” as well as to “know the different energy molecules in the cell and their use in anaerobic and aerobic exercise”. For my …
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurologic disorder that causes the brain to atrophy and cells to decay. This disorder is identified from cognitive impairment accompanied by the formation of senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain. I was able to represent AD in my project by having a …
Spina Bifida is a disorder in the neural tube of the spine That develops while still in the womb. There are three different types with differing severity the names are depicted in the picture. It is also a bone deformation which is the objective I covered. Myelomeningocele is the most severe out of the three followed by Meningocele and Spina Bifida Occulta. The least worrisome is called Spina Bifida Occulta, there is very little damage that this form of Spina Bifida does. It is simply a gap in the back portion of the spine where the bone didn’t completely form. There is no fluid-filled sack and no nerve damage. This form of Spina Bifida is often not found until late childhood, adulthood, and sometimes after death. The second is called Meningecele (ma-nin-jo-seal), This form of Spina Bifida is more severe than Spina Bifida Occulta. It can be seen externally, this form of Spina Bifida has a fluid-filled sack with no nerve protruding into the sack from the spinal column. There is a minor disability that goes along with this form of Spina Bifida. The third and most severe is Myelomeningocecle (my-low-ma-nin-jo-seal), which is the one people think of when they think of Spina Bifida. This is evident by a fluid-filled sack on the back and there is part of the spinal cord and nerve protruding through the gap in the spine into the fluid-filled sack. There are two different types of Myelomeningocecle one skin forms over the sack of skin and the second the area remains open and there is no protection for the exposed nerves and spinal cord. This form of Spina Bifida has moderate to severe disorders both intellectually and physically, for example, people with this form can have issues going to the bathroom (CDC. 2020 & Basaloglu et al., 2017).
CDC. (2020, September 1). What is Spina Bifida? Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/spinabifida/facts.html
