No. the consumption of alcohol slows the functioning of the CNS. That's what it means to say that alcohol is a depressant. It slows of depresses the functioning of the body although it can elevate the mood.
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Alcohol depresses or slows the actions of the central nervous system. However, it does not depress mood.
Yes.
The PNS can be split into the somatic (voluntary) nervous system and the autonomic (involuntary) nervous system. The autonomic system can be further categorized into the sympathetic division and parasympathetic division.
Central chemoreceptors of the central nervous system are located on the ventrolateral medullary surface.
An automatic response of the nervous system to the environment is reflex. A prolonged period of deep unconsciousness is a coma.
The two major divisions of the human nervous system are the central nerves and the peripheral nerves.