ABSTRACT
The most obvious feature of ‘blood flow in arteries’ is that it is pulsatile. Therefore, the field of survey is the character of pulsatile flow and the physical laws governing it. This means that the survey must also comprehend the form of the pressure wave of the pulse, in relation both to the flow wave and to the means by which the pulse wave (of flow, as well as pressure) is propagated over the arterial system.
