What is the structure to which each rib is attached ventrally?

.The human body consists of 206 bones in total. These bones are grouped into two main divisions - the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton. The skull is composed of two sets of bones, cranial and facial, that total to 22 bones.Each vertebra has a central hollow portion (neural canal) through which the spinal cord passes. The vertebral column is differentiated into cervical (7), thoracic (12), lumbar (5), sacral (1-fused) and coccygeal (1-fused) regions.There are 12 pairs of ribs in the human body.Each rib is connected ventrally to the sternum.The first seven pairs of ribs are called true ribs.The 8th, 9th and 10th pairs of ribs are called vertebrochondral (false) ribs.