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 ___.
Introduction To Medical Terms Medical terms are created by stringing word parts with specific meanings together to identify a body part, a disease, a procedure, etc. Terms are created from four general word parts: 1. prefixes; 2. suffixes; 3. roots; and 4. combining vowels. Roots are the main part of the word.hese endings simply relate to the root. So, the word Cardiac means (or relates to) heart. Example: electrocardiogram, a record of the electrical activity of the heart elecr- = elecric + cardi- = heart + -gram = tracing Combining Vowels Word parts are joined together with the combining vowel (o).