Plasma Membranes Are Best Described as a

question 79

Multiple Choice

Plasma membranes are best described as a

• A) double layer of phospholipids with hydrophobic tails facing toward one another.
• B) single layer of phospholipids with water molecules attached along one side.
• C) double layer of phospholipids with hydrophilic heads facing away from one another.
• D) double layer of phospholipids with hydrophobic tails facing away from each other (toward the cytoplasm of the cell and the extracellular solution).
• E) single layer of phospholipids with tails pointed toward the inside of the cell.

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