Mnemonic 1: Anterior Pituitary Hormones

"FLAT PG"

• F = FSH
• L = LH
• A = ACTH
• T = TSH
• P = Prolactin
• G = GH

Alternative: "Go Look For The Acne Problem" = GH, LH, FSH, TSH, ACTH, Prolactin

Mnemonic 2: Adrenal Cortex Zones

"GFR = Salt, Sugar, Sex" (outside to inside)

• G = Glomerulosa → Salt (Aldosterone — Na+ regulation)
• F = Fasciculata → Sugar (Cortisol — glucose metabolism)
• R = Reticularis → Sex (Androgens — secondary sex characteristics)

Memory hook: Think of GFR as "kidney function test" — adrenal cortex also controls water/electrolyte balance like the kidney.

Mnemonic 3: Diabetes Types

"Type 1 = 1mmune, Young, Absent insulin" "Type 2 = 2 much resistance, Old, Obese"

Mnemonic 4: Calcium Regulators

"Calcitonin Tones it Down; PTH Picks it Up"

Or: CaTD-PTH(P)U = Calcitonin Tones Down; PTH Picks Up

Mnemonic 5: Blood Glucose Pair

"INsulin INward (lowers glucose by moving it INTO cells); GLUcagon GLUcoses out (releases glucose)"

Mnemonic 6: Posterior Pituitary

"Posterior Pituitary = Parking Lot (stores, does not make)" ADH and oxytocin are "parked" in the posterior pituitary after being manufactured in the "factory" (hypothalamus).

Mnemonic 7: Fight-or-Flight Effects

"BASH" — what adrenaline does:

• B = Blood glucose rises
• A = Airways (bronchi) dilate
• S = Sympathetic activation (heart rate, BP rise)
• H = Heart rate increases

Mnemonic 8: Disorders Quick Reference

"Cushing's is a Cushiony Moon" = moon face, buffalo hump, central obesity "Addison's is Dim (dark skin) and Down (low BP, low glucose)" "Graves' Grabs your Eyes" = exophthalmos