I chose the topic on carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) because it’s a personal struggled. I’ve been dealing with this issue for about two years, and finally getting surgery next month for carpal tunnel release. I was a waitress for many years, played volleyball, does yoga, and my mother also suffered …
This is a clay model of the steps that occur in Paget’s disease. The top is a normal bone. The next one is a Paget’s disease affected bone in the first step. It is when osteoclasts overwork. The third one is osteoblasts working really hard to add more bone to …
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 …
