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The phosphate is water loving but the lipids are not. How will the water enter the cell now?
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The cell membrane is designed to keep a balance in the cell. It has a water loving layer, a water hating layer, and a water loving layer. The water loving layer repels fats. The water hating layer repels water. Cells have pores which extend through the cell membrane. The pores control inflow and outflow. The pores control the amount of water in the cell. If the cell does not have enough liquid, they open. If it has to much, they close. These pores need a certain amount of sodium, potassium, and calcium in the blood stream to control them. If your body has too much sodium, the pores in your kidneys have difficulty working and your blood pressure rises. If your body has low sodium, your kidneys might work overtime and deplete the sodium your body has. It is important to keep your electrolytes in balance.
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The polar head of a phospholipid is made of what molecules?
Phospholipids are made up of both water loving, and water repelling materials. They head, which is made of glycerol, is water repelling and therefore forms the outer and inner parts of the cell, away from the water. Where as the tails are made up of fatty acids that are water loving and point in between the heads, and into the water between the two glycerol layers.
What part of the lipid likes water?
In general lipids are nonpolar molecule and water is polar and n'er the two shall mix. However, lipids can bond to something like a phosphate group which is polar and the phosphate group will face the water while the nonpolar hydrophobic tail will face away from the water.
Which end of the fatty acid would dissolve in water which wouldn't?
The phosphate head would not because it is hydrophobic. the tails would face each other or water.
What is lipids or fats?
Lipids are broadly defined as molecules that are hydrophobic (insoluble in water) or ampiphilic (possessing both hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties). Phospholipids are a subgroup of ampiphilic lipids which contain a negatively charged phosphate group.
The plasma membrane contains two kinds of lipids?
Phospholipids. They feature a phosphate group at one end of each molecule. The heads, or phosphate ends, are hydophilic ("water-loving") and the tails are hydrophobic ("water-fearing"), which keeps them oriented correctly, with the tail ends always inside the lipid layer.
How could phosphate enter the water system?
From human and animal's waste water.
The polar head of a phospholipid is made of what molecules?
Phospholipids are made up of both water loving, and water repelling materials. They head, which is made of glycerol, is water repelling and therefore forms the outer and inner parts of the cell, away from the water. Where as the tails are made up of fatty acids that are water loving and point in between the heads, and into the water between the two glycerol layers.
How lipids can help an organism regulate its water content?
The lipids block water from entering the cell, while proteins allow what the cell needs to enter it.
What part of the lipid likes water?
In general lipids are nonpolar molecule and water is polar and n'er the two shall mix. However, lipids can bond to something like a phosphate group which is polar and the phosphate group will face the water while the nonpolar hydrophobic tail will face away from the water.
Which end of the fatty acid would dissolve in water which wouldn't?
The phosphate head would not because it is hydrophobic. the tails would face each other or water.
What is lipids or fats?
Lipids are broadly defined as molecules that are hydrophobic (insoluble in water) or ampiphilic (possessing both hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties). Phospholipids are a subgroup of ampiphilic lipids which contain a negatively charged phosphate group.
The plasma membrane contains two kinds of lipids?
Phospholipids. They feature a phosphate group at one end of each molecule. The heads, or phosphate ends, are hydophilic ("water-loving") and the tails are hydrophobic ("water-fearing"), which keeps them oriented correctly, with the tail ends always inside the lipid layer.
Are fats hydrophillic?
No. Hydrophillic freely associates with water, readily entering into solution, and water loving. Fats, or lipids, are hydrophobic, which are incapable of freely associating water molecules, insoluble, and water-fearing.
Tails of phospholipids that dont like water?
Phospholipids have a lipid tail. This is non-polar and therefore hydrophobic (water hating). The phosphate head is polar and hydrophilic (water-loving).
Do plants absorb phosphate from the soil or from water?
It is absorbed from the soil. There are no phosphates in water, though water can help phosphates and other nutrients enter the roots of plants.
What is the difference between phospholipids and sphingolipids?
Lipids are a group of fatty substances found in all living organisms. Lipids do not dissolve in water but are soluble in alcohol, ether, or other organic solvents. Phospholipids are important because they DO HAVE water soluble glycerol heads enabling many of them to form a poly-molecular structure that we call a membrane, which limit the passage of water and water-soluble compounds through a cell membrane, enabling the cell to keep its contents separate from the outside environment.
What makes up cells membrane?
The Cell Membrane is made up of a bilayer (double layer) of Phospholipids. These Phosophlipids are oriented by its hydrophobic (water fearing) tails while its head are hydrophilic (water loving).
