How the properties of phospholipids help to maintain the structure of the cell memrane?????
Because the cell membrane has a BI-layer of phospholipids, meaning that there is 2 layers of phospholipids head and tails. The ‘head’ of the phospholipid, glycerol, is hydrophilic, meaning that it is attracted to water molecules, whilst the ‘tail’ of the phospholipid, which are fatty acids hydrocarbons, is hydrophobic, it means that is ‘repulses’, is not attracted to, water. Therefore these properties make the phopholipds layer very stable into what we call a ‘fluid mosaic’ model. If you google fluid mosaic model cell membrane you will see the structure of the cell membrane.
