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The hydrophobic tails of a phospholipid bilayer are oriented toward the:

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The tails point inwards. Since the outside layer of the bilayer is in a watery environment, it needs to be hydrophilic. Therefore, the hydrophobic tails point inwards while the hydrophilic heads point outwards.
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