Hypochondriac refers to which of the following? A. someone who complains chronically of ill health B. the abdominal region inferior to your ribs C. an abnormally low level of chondria in the body D. that part of your head surrounding your chin.
Option B. “Hypo-”refers to below (or not as good as), chondra refers to carti- lage – specifi cally the costal cartilages that be a part of ribs 7 to ten to the sternum. The stomach right away not as good as the rib cage is being referred to. Choices C & D are nonsense. While desire A is actual in layman’s terms, we're dealing with anatomical terminology here.