Federal Reserve Bank

In response to this, the Federal Reserve System was created by the Federal Reserve Act of December 23, 1913, establishing a new central bank intended to serve as a formal ``lender of last resort'' to banks in times of liquidity crisis--panics where depositors tried to withdraw their money faster than a normal fractional-reserve-based bank could pay it out.

Question: is the central bank the same as the federal reserve
Answer: yes