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The cell membrane is composed of a phospholipid bilayer. The hydrophilic (water loving) heads create the outer and inner surface, with the tails facing inwards towards each other.
There are various proteins also associated with the membrane, including integral (firmly attached, span the distance of the membrane) and peripheral (loosely attached).
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∙ 14y agoI'm only 14 and a freshman at Enloe High school, but ir cecently studied this and i am pretty sure it is a phospholipid. i do know, however in plants, it is called cellulose.
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Where can you find a lipid bilayer in a cell?
In cell membrane
What organelle is composed of a phospholipid bilayer?
Cell membrane is composed of lipid bilayer.
How do Lipid-soluble molecules and gases enter the cell?
diffusion through the lipid bilayer.
What is a key structural component of a cell's membrane?
Cell membranes are made of a lipid bilayer with various proteins interspersed.
What is the double layered sheet that makes up nearly all cell membranes called?
60%phospholipids and 30% proteins and10% carbohydrates
What provides support for cell and has two subparts?
The cells is what supports on one thing. The one thing that the cell supports is the lipid bilayer.
Where can you find a lipid bilayer in a cell?
In cell membrane
What forms the boundary of the nucleus?
The nucleus has the same sort of boundary as the cell itself has. That is a lipid bilayer.
Whattype of bilayer makes up most of the cell membrane?
lipid bilayer
What is another name for the phospholipid bilayer?
It depends on which lipid bilayer you're talking about. There is the phospholipid bilayer that surrounds eukaryotic cells, cholesterol phospholipid bilayers, protein lipid bilayers, phase transition lipid bilayer, lipid bilayer membrane...
Why can molecules that are fat-soluble permeate across a cell membrane?
Cell membranes are composed of a lipid bilayer. Cellular fluid (cytosol) and the cell's organelles are contained by the cell's membrane, which is composed of a lipid bilayer. Lipids are a type of fat. Because a cell's membrane is composed of fat, only fat-soluble molecules are able to dissolve through the membrane into the cytosol.
Is a cell membrane made up of DNA bilayer?
no it is made up of lipid bilayer
What organelle is composed of a phospholipid bilayer?
Cell membrane is composed of lipid bilayer.
How do Lipid-soluble molecules and gases enter the cell?
diffusion through the lipid bilayer.
What is the definition of 'Lipid Bilayer'?
A lipid bi-layer is a thin membrane of an animal or plant cell that comprises of two layers of lipid molecules. It is also known as the phospholipid bilayer.
What molecule forms the lipid bilayer of the cell membrane?
phospholipids
Which function does the lipid bilayer component of the plasma membrane NOT provide for the cell?
The functions that the lipid bilayer component of the cell membrane does not provide for the cell are controls that exchange of mater and chemical information between one cell and adjacent cells or environment. The lipid bilayer provides an impermeable, self sealing membrane capable of dividing or fusing the cell without breaking.
