Phospholipids Are Large Organic Molecules with a Hydrophilic,polar Phosphate Head

question 83

Multiple Choice

Phospholipids are large organic molecules with a hydrophilic,polar phosphate head connected to hydrophobic,nonpolar fatty acid tails.These molecules arrange themselves to form a mostly impermeable barrier between a liposome and its environment by lining up

• A) hydrophilic head to hydrophilic head with the tails all facing outward from the center line of the membrane.
• B) hydrophobic tails facing each other at the center line of the membrane with the hydrophilic heads facing outward, away from the center line of the membrane.
• C) hydrophobic tails facing hydrophilic heads.
• D) hydrophilic tails facing hydrophobic heads with every other tail facing outward from the center line of the membrane.

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