What They DON’T Tell You Is Important About the Endocrine System

Struggling to keep peptide, steroid, and amino-acid hormones straight—or how the HPA, HPT, and HPG axes actually work? In this of the Jack Westin MCAT Podcast, Mike and Molly unpack the entire endocrine system from first principles, so you’re not memorizing random facts—you’re learning the why behind every hormone and pathway the MCAT loves to test.

🔑 What you’ll learn

-Nervous vs. endocrine speed: why hormones act “slow but steady”

- Peptide, steroid, and amino-acid hormones—structure, receptors, and 2-min mnemonics

- Rough ER rule: anything secreted is built on the RER (Mike’s high-yield tip)

- FLAT PEG, AMEND, “-one/-ol” name patterns, zymogens, and more score-boosting shortcuts

- How to trace the HPA, HPG, and HPT axes—plus negative-feedback pitfalls the MCAT hides in questions

- Clinical tie-ins (hyperthyroidism, AAA, T2DM) that make details stick

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