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What is one role that lipids play in the body?

A: They make up the contracting structures of muscles.
B: They make up structural parts of cell membranes.
C: They provide a quick source of energy for cells.
D: They store coded information about heredity.

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Lipids play a role in your body where they can make up structural parts of the membranes. Your answer is B.
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Answer:

(B) They make up structural parts of cell membranes.

Step-by-step explanation:

Lipids are one of the major biomolecule and acts as a semi- permeable membrane for the passage of molecules.

Lipids are the major constituent of the cell membrane. Lipid is present as bi layer membrane and maintains the fluidity of cell membrane. Hence, lipids makes the structural component of the cell membrane.

Thus, the correct answer is option (B).

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