Question

How can we detect turbulent blood flow in our body?

Answer 1

Narrowing of a carotid artery produces turbulent blood flow. Like water rushing along a bubbling brook, turbulent flow in a blood vessel is noisy

Answer 2

Narrowing of a carotid corridor produces tempestuous blood stream. Like water hurrying along a percolating creek, violent stream in a vein is boisterous. Your primary care physician can hear that clamor, called a bruit, by tuning in to your carotid supply routes through a stethoscope