Which is a chronic inflammatory and autoimmune disease affecting peripheral synovial joints of bone?
Rheumatoid
The correct answer is Rheumatoid.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, systemic autoimmune disease in which inflammation of the synovial membrane (synovitis, pannus formation) symmetrically affects small peripheral joints of the hands and feet, causing morning stiffness and deformities.
Osteoarthritis is degenerative "wear-and-tear" of articular cartilage, not autoimmune; polyarthritis is only a descriptive term for many inflamed joints; ankylosing spondylitis mainly affects the spine and sacroiliac joints (axial skeleton).
Short trick: RA = autoimmune + symmetrical small peripheral joints + morning stiffness > 1 hour.
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