54.3k views
0 votes
Phospholipid heads are considered to by ______

because they attract water where as phospholipid tails are considered to be _______
because they rebel water and face inward.

User Anouchka
by
6.5k points

1 Answer

5 votes

Answer:

hydrophilic/ hydrophobic

Step-by-step explanation:

Hydrophobic means to be attracted to water. Hydrophobic means to be against water. In a phospholipid bilayer, the heads point out to reach the water, but the tails stay in to stay away from the water.

User Tira
by
5.9k points