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What is the size of a fat cell?

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Fat is not a cell, fat is molecule. In fact, cell membranes (a cell's barrier to the outside world) is made up of fat molecules. Molecularly, fats can range from quite small, to very long. Triglycerides, for example, have three carbon tails that can all be up to 15 carbons long, which is fairly long chain.

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Bigger than a normal one

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