Assertion: digitalis | /r/CapableOf | excite the vaso-motor nerves
Facets:
value: primarily
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Digitalis primarily excites the vaso-motor nerves only, those which are limited to the ventricular portion of the heart, contracting the blood vessels and heart muscle; temporarily quickens the heart's action, and secondarily, through paralysis of those nerves, dilatation of the blood vessels ensues with consequent spasm of the muscular tissues.