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Phospholipids. They feature a phosphate group at one end of each molecule. The heads, or phosphate ends, are hydophilic ("water-loving") and the tails are hydrophobic ("water-fearing"), which keeps them oriented correctly, with the tail ends always inside the lipid layer.

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