Free explainer2 min readNICE CG178 (2014, updated); BNF, current online edition
Hormone secretion sites
Understand the model, recognise it in a stem, separate the look-alikes, then apply it.
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FLAT PiG — FSH, LH, ACTH, TSHThyroid-stimulating hormone, a pituitary hormone that drives the thyroid gland and is used to test thyroid function.Read more → act on another gland; prolactinA hormone, raised by some antipsychotic drugs, linked to milk production and periods stopping.Read more → and growth hormone act directly on tissues. The lowercase i stands for ignore, a filler letter that names no hormone. Nothing in it stands for ADH or oxytocin, because the anterior pituitary does not make them.