Leslie Klenerman The Knowledge Of Anatomy

The lights in the ER blink as the storm rages on outside. I snap back from the sadness of the weather to the job at hand. I rush to the ER to see my patient has broken bones, a punctured lung, and a laceration along his calf. There’s so much blood everywhere, coming from every open wound on his body. His muscles torn apart and his heart pounding, trying to stay alive. Now was my chance everything I learned about anatomy could help me in this moment. No more time to be wasted I go into the room with anatomy deep in my veins. The knowledge of anatomy helps in the saving of lives, but we didn’t always have this information. Anatomy has a history, however, how did it all begin, and who brought the knowledge of human anatomy to us. To understand …show more content…
He spent 17 years as a consultant and was a professor and head of the orthopedic department at Liverpool University. Klenerman’s life was full of dedication to always discovering more about what he knew. After writing multiple books on anatomy the very short introduction book was his last book. With his professional career, I believe that Klenerman was highly qualified and focused on all aspects of human anatomy when writing this book. Klenerman doesn’t just focus on one subject about what he knows, he brings all there is about anatomy to the reader. I saw that how he wrote the book posed a challenge on how I read it. I think that is because I am not yet an experienced reader. I am still learning to figure what something means when I read it and how I can look further into the meaning. As an author, he wrote with what might seem to be basic terminology, but for me took a little while to take in. Even while looking at what he wrote I could see that everything connects for a reason. He explained how your spine works or in the way that having a child will change your body and I don’t just mean what society says will happen. He tells how your pelvis will widen in order for your hip abductors to get support during childbirth. He provides depth in the writing that pulls a reader in and makes you think and wonder. He did a wonderful job writing this book however that doesn’t mean that …show more content…
I had a basic understanding, however the text brought my knowledge about anatomy into further depth. Each breath I take or every time I get out of a chair I use muscles and vital systems. As I dance I work the muscles in my arms, legs, and abdomen. With the simple point of my foot, I can feel my Achilles tendon, intrinsic, interosseous, and lumbrical muscles all working together. When I run I can feel my heart contract faster as it works more blood through my body to muscles such as the tensor fascia lata, or gastrocnemius. As an education major, I don’t believe I was the intended audience for this book. The audience in my personal opinion would be someone whose career or job focuses on anatomy. However, this isn’t some cookie cutter house and I don’t have to fit into what might be defined as the audience in order to read about anatomy. This book was written in order to educate readers who might not exactly be in the medical field but still want to further their learning outside of school. This book is for any person who really wants to learn more about anatomy even if they might not seem like they are. In my life, I feel my muscles hurt from dancing or my brain thinking as I read something I might have a harder time grasping. However, I don’t feel that I was biased before reading or looking into the text of this book. We all know the simple parts of anatomy, I mean we sang songs about it as