The Structure of the Knee and Injuries to the Medial Collateral Ligament

A mixed media model representing the knee joint was chosen for this project. The tibia, fibula, femur, and patella are made of wood, elastic bands represent the ligaments, hot glue covering styrofoam represent the articular cartilage covering the lateral and medial condyles of the femur, and dense foam pad rings …

Graves’ Disease and it’s Relationship to Adolescence and Growth

For my steam project, I decided to tackle the objective: “explain how bone development is hormonally regulated.” And with this, I decided to delve into Grave’s Disease and its affects on bone development and Growth. In my research, Grave’s Disease is an autoimmune disorder that affects the thyroid gland. It …

How Alzheimer’s Alters the Function of the Brain

Alzheimer’s is a terrible brain disorder that slowly destroys one’s memory and thinking skills, and eventually, the ability for one to carry out simple, everyday tasks. Alzheimer’s is the leading cause of dementia, the inability to remember certain things, perform certain tasks, and generally having an interference with daily activities. …

Chronic Pain

For my STEAM project, I choose to represent how chronic pain is perceived through the medium of digital animation. The video shows a comparison between how chronic pain is developed after an initial injury (the top half of the animation) v.s. someone who does not develop chronic pain after an …

STEAM Project: Parsonage Turner Syndrome

Objective Describe the onset, symptoms, and recovery of Parsonage-Turner Syndrome (PTS). To teach the reader how PTS restricts nerve conduction and can cause pain, myopathy, and atrophy.  Introduction In 1948, Parsonage-Turner Syndrome was named after English physicians, Parsonage and Aldren Turner, who identified 136 soldiers with similar symptoms. These soldiers …