Question

Give scientific/biological reasons for the following statements:

A person after consuming alcohol walks clumsily.
Or
An alcoholic person walks unsteadily when drunk.

Answer 1

• The cerebellum maintains the posture and balance of the body and coordinates muscular activity.
• Alcohol affects the cerebellum of a person’s brain, because of which the brain is unable to coordinate muscular activity and hence a drunk person walks clumsily.