surgical technology for the surgical
technologist - Chapter 1 Exam 2026
Questions and Answers
Vesalius - Correct answer-1500 A.D. - he was the Father of Modern Anatomy who
challenged Galen's theories that stood for 1500 years, dissected human cadavers
Jenner - Correct answer-inventor of the vaccination for smallpox
Pasteur - Correct answer-Father of microbiology, virology, and immunology
Lister - Correct answer-Developed technique of antiseptic surgery
Halsted - Correct answer-Developed meticulous closure of wounds
Cushing - Correct answer-Father of neurosurgery; reduced mortality rate for
mengiomas from 96% to 5%
Roentgen - Correct answer-developed the x-ray machine
Cooley - Correct answer-Perfected the heart-lung machine; performed first US
heart transplant and first total artificial heart implant
DeBakey - Correct answer-Developed the first ventricular assist pump
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, Late 19th century - Correct answer-"surgery beadle" are employed in the OR
1959 - Correct answer-AORN forms survey group to study the needs of the OR
technicians
Dec 1967 - Correct answer-AORN publishes Teaching the Operating Room
Technician
Feb 1969 - Correct answer-AORN creates critical proposal to creat AORT
July 19-20 1969 - Correct answer-New York Conference for formal organization
AORT
Dec 1970 - Correct answer-AORT selects certification over licensure and gives
first examination
1973 - Correct answer-AORT and AORN split and the National Advisory Board is
dissolved
1974 - Correct answer-ARC on Education for the ORT appointed (Commission on
Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs [CAAHEP] system)
1978 - Correct answer-At AORT National Conference AORT changes name to
Association of Surgical Technologists; O.R. Tech magazine changes to The
Surgical Technologist
1980 - Correct answer-california changed name to Surgical Technologist
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technologist - Chapter 1 Exam 2026
Questions and Answers
Vesalius - Correct answer-1500 A.D. - he was the Father of Modern Anatomy who
challenged Galen's theories that stood for 1500 years, dissected human cadavers
Jenner - Correct answer-inventor of the vaccination for smallpox
Pasteur - Correct answer-Father of microbiology, virology, and immunology
Lister - Correct answer-Developed technique of antiseptic surgery
Halsted - Correct answer-Developed meticulous closure of wounds
Cushing - Correct answer-Father of neurosurgery; reduced mortality rate for
mengiomas from 96% to 5%
Roentgen - Correct answer-developed the x-ray machine
Cooley - Correct answer-Perfected the heart-lung machine; performed first US
heart transplant and first total artificial heart implant
DeBakey - Correct answer-Developed the first ventricular assist pump
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, Late 19th century - Correct answer-"surgery beadle" are employed in the OR
1959 - Correct answer-AORN forms survey group to study the needs of the OR
technicians
Dec 1967 - Correct answer-AORN publishes Teaching the Operating Room
Technician
Feb 1969 - Correct answer-AORN creates critical proposal to creat AORT
July 19-20 1969 - Correct answer-New York Conference for formal organization
AORT
Dec 1970 - Correct answer-AORT selects certification over licensure and gives
first examination
1973 - Correct answer-AORT and AORN split and the National Advisory Board is
dissolved
1974 - Correct answer-ARC on Education for the ORT appointed (Commission on
Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs [CAAHEP] system)
1978 - Correct answer-At AORT National Conference AORT changes name to
Association of Surgical Technologists; O.R. Tech magazine changes to The
Surgical Technologist
1980 - Correct answer-california changed name to Surgical Technologist
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