Anorectal anomalies are commonly associated with

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