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The plasma membrane is a _____ bilayer.

lipid
phospholipid
carbohydrate
protein

User KennetsuR
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Hey Lee!


The plasma membrane is a phospholipid bilayer.


The correct answer is option B


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User Priit
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Answer: Option B. "Phospholipid"

Step-by-step explanation:

Plasma membrane is a biological membrane that covers the outermost layer of the organism. It's composition varies in some of bacterial cells but most of them are made up of phospholipid bilayer.

Phoshpolipid bilayer are amphiphilic in nature with two hydrophobic fatty acid tails and one hydrophilic phosphate head.

It's main function is it acts a barrier to keep the proteins other molecules and ions out of the cell and diffuses them across this membrane when it is require.

Thus, the correct answer is phospholipid.

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