epiphyseal plate the thin plate of cartilage between the epiphysis and the shaft of a long bone; it is the site of growth in length and is obliterated by epiphyseal closure. equatorial plate the collection of chromosomes at the equator of the spindle in mitosis.
howell-jolly body. n. A spherical granule often observed in the stroma of a red blood cell, especially after a splenectomy.
Weatherly, whose character Tony DiNozzo is one-half of one of the showâs most beloved couples, announced heâd be leaving the long-running crime procedural on Jan. 5, and on Tuesday, CBS president Glenn Geller addressed whether his characterâs other half, played by Cote de Pablo, would return to the show to send him off.