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How are phospholipids oriented in the plasma membrane?

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Phospholipids are arranged in a bilayer (a double layer) , they have hydrophobic tailss (made of fatty acids) and hydrophilic heads (made of a phosphate group) , the hydrophilic heads are to the outside and the tails to the inside
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