Essential cell biology chapter 11 Questions and Answers Grade A+//////2022/2023

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Plasma membrane - -A protein studded, fatty film so thin that it cannot be seen with a light microscope, consisting of two-ply sheet of lipid molecules 5 nm thick which proteins have been inserted. ... -Lipid Bilayer - -double-layered sheet that forms the core of nearly all cell membranes -Phosphatidylcholine - -Common phospholipid present in abundance in most cell membranes; uses choline attached to a phosphate as its head group. -Phospholipids - -the most abundant lipid in the plasma membrane; have a phosphate-containing hydrophilic head linked to two hydrophobic tails -amphipathic - -having both a hydrophilic region and a hydrophobic region [Show More]

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