A 38-year-old man was evaluated in the recovery room after appendectomy surgery. The patient's O₂ saturation dropped from 96% to 80%, he has tachypnea. He has swollen face, tongue, and arms. The anesthesiologist failed several intubation trials, so cricothyrotomy was decided to be performed. There is also scattered urticaria over the upper body. Attempts at intubation are unsuccessful due to massive soft tissue edema involving the pharynx. The incision of cricothyrotomy will pass through which of the following structures?

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Eductional Objective: In the emergency states when orotracheal or nasotracheal intubation fails, the cricothyrotomy is indicated. The cricothyrotomy is an incision done in the cricothyroid membrane. It passes through the superficial cervical fascia, pretracheal fascia, and the cricothyroid membrane.

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