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When placed in water, phospholipids will orient themselves into a bilayer in which the non-polar tail region faces the inner area of the bilayer.

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The structure of the phospholipid molecule generally consists of two hydrophobic (water fearing) fatty acid "tails" and a hydrophilic (water loving) "head" consisting of a phosphate group.

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