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Which of these statements is not true regarding the cell membrane?(a) The phosphate heads are polar(b) It is a phospholipid bilayer(c) The hydrophilic tails face outwards(d) It contains integral proteinsThe question was posed to me by my school principal while I was bunking the class.My question is taken from Eukaryotic Cells and it’s Organelles in portion Cell : The Unit of Life of Biology – Class 11

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The correct option is (C) The HYDROPHILIC tails face outwards

To elaborate: The cell MEMBRANE is a phospholipid BILAYER in which the polar and hydrophilic phosphate HEAD groups face outwards, while the non-polar and hydrophilic lipid tails face each other.



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