<prompt> Anorectal anomalies are commonly associated withCardiac anomaliesDuodenal atresiaCNS malformationsAbdominal wall defects  <response>: Anorectal anomalies are commonly associated with Cardiac anomalies .Early in embryonic life there is a common chamber - the cloaca - into which the hind gut and the allantois open. This endodermlined chamber is separated from the surface ectoderm of the embryo by the cloacal membrane. The cloaca becomes divided into two pas, dorsal rectum and ventral urogenital sinus, by the downgrowth of a septum. Ref: Bailey Love;s Sho Practice of Surgery,E25,Page-1244 