The foundations of the endocrine system are the hormones and glands. As the body's chemical messengers, hormones transfer information and instructions from one set of cells to another. Many different hormones move through the bloodstream, but each type of hormone is designed to affect only certain cells. A gland is a group of cells that produces and secretes, or gives off, chemicals. A gland selects and removes materials from the blood, processes them, and secretes the finished chemical product for use somewhere in the body. Some types of glands release their secretions in specific areas.
Maja is the only child of Ross and Thelma Andres who has nine other children by her current husband. When Maja was small, she was brought to Aparri by her mom. She was seven years old when she saw her father again, followed seven years later when they met again on The Buzz.
Posted: 03/10/2011 10:55 pm EST Updated: 05/25/2011 6:35 pm EDT. Getty. A Romanian housewife, now 25, is believed to be the world's youngest grandmother. The Sun is reporting that mother-of-two Rifca Stanescu was just 12 years old when she had her first child, Maria. Despite her mother's protests, Maria married at age 10 in Investi, Romania before giving birth to her now two-year-old son Ion a year later. Rifca, who is reportedly of Romani Gypsy descent, married jeweler Ionel Stanescu when she was 11 and he was 13, according to the Daily Mail.