Step 3. Turn the cold water supply to the water heater off - this valve is normally located at the top of the water heater on the INLET side. Step 4. Connect a garden hose to the drain outlet valve at the bottom of the water heater but do not open the drain valve just yet.
Cardiomy/o is the combining form meaning heart (cardi) muscle (my/o). Pulmon/o means lung. Col/o means colon (large intestine). Cardiomyopathy is a medical term describing diseased heart muscle. The combining form for smooth, visceral muscle is ___.
The combining vowel has no meaning of its own, but enables two word elements to be connected. Like the word root, the combining form is the basic foundation to which other word elements are added to build a complete medical word. In this text, a combining form will be listed as word root/vowel (such as gastr/o), as illustrated in Table. Table.