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 ___.
When more than one body part is used in the formation of a medical term, the individual word roots are joined together by using the combining form using the letter-o- to indicate the joining together of various body parts.he result is the formation of a new term with a vowel attached (word root + vowel) called a combining form. In English, the most common vowel used in the formation of the combining form is the letter-o- , added to the word root.