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Growth is by substitution at the proximal end and by subperiosteal lamellation circumferentially.

From The Baculum in Microtine Rodents by Anderson, Sydney

When an examination of the subject is possible before the extremity is swollen, crepitation is usually found without great difficulty, except in a subperiosteal break or in some cases of vertical or oblique fracture.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor