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 is placed to connect two word roots. Placed to connect a word root and a suffix. Not placed to connect a prefix and a word root. The combining vowel is used to ease pronunciation; therefore not all medical terms have combining vowels. Medical terms introduced throughout the text hat have combining vowels other than o are highlighted at their introduction. hepat/o.