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Paladinen [302]
3 years ago
7

What do these terms hydrophilic and hydrophobic mean and how do they relate to the structure of a cell membrane?.

Biology
1 answer:
Anarel [89]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

hydrophilic- attracts water

hydrophobic- repels water

Explanation:

A cell membrane is a bilayer of phospholipids. They have a hydrophilic phosphate heads, and hydrophobic fatty acid tails.

so in the cell membrane they would arrange like this:

The heads are point outwards as they attract water, and tails inwards as they repel water.

Hope this helps!

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