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Lipids are important to the composition of the plasma membrane because they are what keeps the water inside the cell separated from the water outside. This is due to the lipid bilayer's amphiphilic nature.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoFatty acids are important to the cell membrane for many reasons. One of these reason,s is it stores energy in the cell membrane. Ê
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∙ 13y agoPlasma Membrane is formed primarily of a phosphor lipid bi-layer which can be saturated or unsaturated depending on the most profound fat ingested by the body.
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What part of the cell membrane prevents the cell from dissolving in water?
Nonpolar Fatty acid chains
What helps hold water inside the cell?
Lysosome and lipids help too the fatty acids of the lipids don't let the water pass through the membrane. It's like oil and water the fatty acids do the same.
How the cell membrane structure of an arctic fish differ from tropical fish?
Arctic fish have longer chains of unsaturated fatty acids in their membranes.
Does the greater number of saturated fatty acids a membrane contains the more fluid it is?
Saturated fatty acids have no double bonds and therefore no 'kinks' in their structures. These would mean that these fatty acids can pack more closely than unsaturated fatty acids and cause the membrane to be LESS fluid.
What would happen to the cell if the fatty acids in the cell membrane became soluble in water?
it would cause the cell to lose all of its contents to the outside
How does the structure of fatty acids compare to the basic units found in macromolecules?
why are fatty acids important to the cell membrane
What part of the cell membrane does not with water?
fatty acids
What cell membrane does not mix with water?
fatty acids (APEX)
Which part of cell membrane does not mix with water?
fatty acids (APEX)
What part of the cell membrane prevents the cell from dissolving in water?
Nonpolar Fatty acid chains
Which molecule prevents cell membrane from dissolving in water?
Nonpolar Fatty Acids
What would happen if a fatty acids in a cell membrane were polar molecules?
The cell would dissolve in water.
What would happen if the fatty acids in cell membrane were polar molecules?
The cell would dissolve in water.
What would happened if the fatty acids in a cell membrane were polar molecules?
The cell would dissolve in water.
Why are fatty acids important to the cell membrain?
It regulates what goes in and out of the cell.
What would happen to a cell if fatty acids in the cell membrane soluble in water?
it would cause the cell to lose all of its contents to the outside-APEX
What happens to a cell if the fatty acids in the cell membrane became soluble water?
it would cause the cell to lose all of its contents to the outside-APEX
