There are two different ways that cells divide, mitosis and meiosis. Mitosis is the fundamental process of life while Meiosis is the process that essential for sexual reproduction in that it creates egg and sperm cells. Meiosis is a very interesting process that involves not only one but two rounds! …
The objective that I decided to focus on is “compare and contrast the function and structural characteristics of tissues’ ‘ and I am did this by crocheting a uterus with uterine fibroids. I will be comparing the different types of tissues typically found in the uterus as well as the …
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammation autoimmune disease. It can affect the skeletal, muscular, integumentary, ocular, immune, circulatory, nervous, and digestive systems. Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammation autoimmune disease. It involves multiple joints and is characterized by an inflammation on the tendons resulting in cartilage destruction and …
My Project was on Sickle Cell Anemia. Enjoy this parody of I Knew Your Were Trouble by Taylor Swift. This is a comedic representation of the mutation that occurs in the beta glob in gene. I Knew You Were Trouble (Sickle Cell Anemia) Lyrics by Jornie Kinga Verse 1: Once …
For my STEAM project, I wanted to do something with neurons. As we have learned in class, neuron death can be considered more detrimental than death of other cells, due to their inability to reproduce as effectively as most other cells can. Neurons cannot go through mitosis, thus making the …
My STEAM Project focused on the largest organ of the human body, the skin. Personally, I am particularly curious as to how it remains strong and resilient despite the many breaches humans subject it to. My project aims to describe tattoos and its effect on skin tissues and other related …
Human decomposition is one of the most grotesque aspects of the cycle of life, but to me, it is also one of the most interesting. How does the body go from what we all look like, to a pile of bones, with no tissue, or fluids left behind? In the …
The knee is a joint that helps us move, and it is the largest joint in the human body as we know. Two major muscles work with the knee joint to help us move, within the two major muscles there are some smaller muscles. The types of muscles around the …
How the brain converts sounds waves into recognizable units, such as speech or environmental noise, is a complex system. This auditory system starts with the ear where sound waves are converted into electrical stimuli that can be uncoded by the brain. For a person with sensorineural hearing loss, a type …
In my project I created 4 stages of cancer development out of cupcakes in this order: The first cupcake (blue genetic material is a normal cell, the second cupcake is a mutated cell that is not yet cancerous, the third step of cupcakes (2 cupcakes) are malignant or cancerous cells …
