The Hormone Song- Great Study Tool

[musicalMD]

Hi everyone! I am very excited to be a part of this site! I am a music education students and plan of applying to med school after getting my bachelors. I am halfway through my pre-med courses, so I am also trying to find good ways to remember all the information I am learning.

I wrote the hormone song for one of my music teaching courses- as a way to help myself remember the hormones I was learning about in biology. I hope you all find it helpful (and entertaining!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqEgTUlG8FU

~musicalMD

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[DNA]

Ha, I thought this was entertaining and very helpful Surprised no one else commented. Thanks for this.

 

[musicalMD]

Thank you! I am glad it was helpful

 

[HotHamH2O]

Entertaining and helpful. Thanks!

 

[Bamfu]

<-music education grad also!

Nice work!

 

[musicalMD]

<-music education grad also!

Nice work!

Awesome! What is your primary instrument? (Mine is violin!)

 

[Bamfu]

Saxophone here, like the exact opposite of what you play =P

 

[kmp0410]

Haha, I feel like your voice and the sound of the song would fit in "Juno."

Probably not the lyrics though

 

[dekup]

OOOOH, wonderful, very nice,

if you can put the words of the song, that would be very useful

 

[musicalMD]

OOOOH, wonderful, very nice,

if you can put the words of the song, that would be very useful

Here are the lyrics for anyone interested in having a copy-

Intro:
It’s the night before your Bio test- and you need to study
A list of hormones from the chapter on Endocrinology
It’s getting really late now- you just want to close your eyes
Hope this song will make it easier for you to memorize

Chorus:
Oh, the hormones of the body
They travel through your blood stream via vein and artery
Endocrine glands are found throughout your body high and low
Here’s 25 important hormones that you need to know

Versus:
Let’s start in the Pituitary, a gland that’s split in two
Anterior and posterior secrete 8 main hormones in you
The anterior produces Luteinizing Hormone or LH
It tells men to produce testosterone and women to ovulate

Adrenocorticotrophin is released when you are stressed
It stimulates release of Corticosteroids, which we later will address
Growth hormone stimulates cell growth in your ears and arms and hands
And Prolactin stimulates milk production in the mammary glands

TSH reminds the thyroid that is absorbs iodine
It also keeps your thyroid gland production right on time
FSH will stimulate the production of egg or sperm
Let’s move to the 2 posterior hormones that you need to learn

These two are secreted by the posterior but produced in its neighbor
Oxytocin stimulates contractions when a woman is in labor
Vasopressin, or ADH, is the next hormone we see
It promotes blood volume increase through reabsorbing water from your pee

Melatonin is the hormone that the Pineal Gland does make
It controls circadian rhythm- tells you when to sleep and when to wake
The thymus gland is found in the middle of your chest
It produces Thymosin which keeps your immune system at its best

Thyroxine and Triiodothyroninen, also called T4 and T3
Are produced in the thyroid- stimulate metabolic activity
Calcitonin is the next one, and you really ought to know
It stimulates osteoblasts, which help your bones to grow

Parathyroid produces PTH- a fact that is well known
It stimulates osteoclasts to break down your bone
Atrial Natriuretic Hormone is a tough one, so in case you aren’t quite sure
It reduces blood water, salt and fat to decrease your blood pressure
(And that one is made in the heart!)

The adrenal glands are found on the kidneys, both left and right
The medulla makes Epinephrine and Norepinephrine, which stimulate fight-or-flight
They raise your heart rate and blood glucose- send more oxygen to your brain
And they stop unnecessary body functions so your energies not strained

Adrenal Cortex produces Corticosteroids that we sang about before
Glucocorticoids, such as cortisol, will increase your blood glucose for sure
It will slow down protein synthesis throughout the body
Mineralocorticoids, like aldosterone, absorb sodium from the kidneys

The pancreas produces three main hormones, you will see
Insulin covert glucose to glycogen to be stored as energy
Glucagon reconverts glycogen if your sugar intake has ceased
Somatostatin inhibits these two hormones from being released

Estrogen will bring young girls into maturity
Progesterone joins in to help support a pregnancy
There is one more hormone left, that I think you all should know
It turn boys to manly men, it’s called testosterone

 

[StudyShy]

Here are the lyrics for anyone interested in having a copy-

Intro:
It’s the night before your Bio test- and you need to study
A list of hormones from the chapter on Endocrinology
It’s getting really late now- you just want to close your eyes
Hope this song will make it easier for you to memorize

Chorus:
Oh, the hormones of the body
They travel through your blood stream via vein and artery
Endocrine glands are found throughout your body high and low
Here’s 25 important hormones that you need to know

Versus:
Let’s start in the Pituitary, a gland that’s split in two
Anterior and posterior secrete 8 main hormones in you
The anterior produces Luteinizing Hormone or LH
It tells men to produce testosterone and women to ovulate

Adrenocorticotrophin is released when you are stressed
It stimulates release of Corticosteroids, which we later will address
Growth hormone stimulates cell growth in your ears and arms and hands
And Prolactin stimulates milk production in the mammary glands

TSH reminds the thyroid that is absorbs iodine
It also keeps your thyroid gland production right on time
FSH will stimulate the production of egg or sperm
Let’s move to the 2 posterior hormones that you need to learn

These two are secreted by the posterior but produced in its neighbor
Oxytocin stimulates contractions when a woman is in labor
Vasopressin, or ADH, is the next hormone we see
It promotes blood volume increase through reabsorbing water from your pee

Melatonin is the hormone that the Pineal Gland does make
It controls circadian rhythm- tells you when to sleep and when to wake
The thymus gland is found in the middle of your chest
It produces Thymosin which keeps your immune system at its best

Thyroxine and Triiodothyroninen, also called T4 and T3
Are produced in the thyroid- stimulate metabolic activity
Calcitonin is the next one, and you really ought to know
It stimulates osteoblasts, which help your bones to grow

Parathyroid produces PTH- a fact that is well known
It stimulates osteoclasts to break down your bone
Atrial Natriuretic Hormone is a tough one, so in case you aren’t quite sure
It reduces blood water, salt and fat to decrease your blood pressure
(And that one is made in the heart!)

The adrenal glands are found on the kidneys, both left and right
The medulla makes Epinephrine and Norepinephrine, which stimulate fight-or-flight
They raise your heart rate and blood glucose- send more oxygen to your brain
And they stop unnecessary body functions so your energies not strained

Adrenal Cortex produces Corticosteroids that we sang about before
Glucocorticoids, such as cortisol, will increase your blood glucose for sure
It will slow down protein synthesis throughout the body
Mineralocorticoids, like aldosterone, absorb sodium from the kidneys

The pancreas produces three main hormones, you will see
Insulin covert glucose to glycogen to be stored as energy
Glucagon reconverts glycogen if your sugar intake has ceased
Somatostatin inhibits these two hormones from being released

Estrogen will bring young girls into maturity
Progesterone joins in to help support a pregnancy
There is one more hormone left, that I think you all should know
It turn boys to manly men, it’s called testosterone

This is so creative! Bravo! Thank you so much!

 

[musicalMD]

Oh, and feel free to pass this along and share it with your other premed friends! Being a music major, I know very few premed students- I am sure you all have much bigger networks

 

[StudyShy]

Oh, and feel free to pass this along and share it with your other premed friends! Being a music major, I know very few premed students- I am sure you all have much bigger networks