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The tails of lipids are hydrophobic and the heads are hydrophilic hope this helped=) The tails of lipids are hydrophobic and the heads are hydrophilic hope this helped=)
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What part of a phospholipid is not attracted to water?
That would be the hydrophobic lipid tail.
What is a cellmembrane?
A cell membrane is a phospholipid bilayer. It is made up of a hydrophilic head(the phosphorous part) and a hydrophobic tail(the lipid part). The hydrophobic tails face inward and the hydrophilic heads face the cytoplasm and the external solution.
Which solvent has the greatest lipid solubility Why do you think this?
The best lipid solvents are Hexane, Ethyl Alcohol and Methyl Alcohol. This is because lipids are nonpolar and hydrophobic. Hexane has the highest hydrophobicity of any solvent and is thus the best at dissolving hydrophobic molecules.
The phospholipid molecules of most membranes have?
A hydrophilic head and two hydrophobic tails.
What characteristic of cell membrane allows some substances to pass through them but not others?
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Which part of a phospolipid molecule is hydrophobic?
the lipid " tails"
What part of phospholipid is not attracted to water?
That would be the hydrophobic lipid tail.
What part of a phospholipid is not attracted to water?
That would be the hydrophobic lipid tail.
Is hydrophobic a lipid?
No. Hydrophobic is a concept or symptom, not a substance as lipids are.
What is the model of a lipid?
The most common model of lipid is that they have a hydrophilic head and hydrophobic tail.
What is a cellmembrane?
A cell membrane is a phospholipid bilayer. It is made up of a hydrophilic head(the phosphorous part) and a hydrophobic tail(the lipid part). The hydrophobic tails face inward and the hydrophilic heads face the cytoplasm and the external solution.
What is the defining property of lipid?
Oily, fatty, hydrophobic
Why does polarity happen?
a polar molecule is a molecule such as a lipid that has one part of it attracting something , such as water (hydrophillic) and the other repeling it (hydrophobic)
Which molecule has hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties and would be found in plasma membranes?
That would be phospholipids. They are a major component of the plasma membrane and contain hydrophilic, as well as, hydrophobic properties.
Is lipid not soluble in water?
A lipid is not soluble in water. Lipids are hydrophobic which means they repel water. For example think of a oil tanker spill the oil is a lipid and it floats on top of the water.
Why hydrophobic important for cells?
The hydrophobic property tails of thePhosphatidylcholine cells, ensures the formation of the lipid bilayer of the cell wall, or plama membrane.
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).
