Discussion
A phospholipid molecule is described as amphipathic because it has
Answer: C
Correct answer: a polar head and non-polar tails
Amphipathic means having both a water-loving and a water-avoiding part in the same molecule. The phosphate head is polar and hydrates readily; the two fatty acid tails are hydrocarbon and do not. That single structural fact is what makes the bilayer form and what gives the membrane its properties.
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