The Nurse Explains That the Major Difference Between Rheumatoid Arthritis

question 39

Multiple Choice

The nurse explains that the major difference between rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis is that rheumatoid arthritis:

• A) is degenerative.
• B) affects patients over 40 years of age.
• C) is inflammatory.
• D) is curable.

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Definitions:

Oogenesis

Production of female gametes (eggs) by meiosis. Compare with spermatogenesis.

Male Gametes

Reproductive cells produced by male organisms that fuse with female gametes during fertilization to form a zygote.

Egg Cell

The female reproductive cell or gamete involved in sexual reproduction, capable of developing into a new organism upon fertilization.

Polar Bodies

Small cells that are byproducts of the female meiosis process, which do not develop into oocytes.