Phospholipids

• What are phospholipids similar to?

  triglycerides
• what are triglycerides similar to?

  phospholipids
• Are the lipids found in cell membranes triglycerides?

  NO
• What are the lipids found in cell membranes?

  PHOSPHOLIPIDS
• What makes phospholipids different from triglycerides?

  in phospholipids, one of the fatty acid molecules is replaced by a phosphate group
• is the phosphate group hydrophobic or hydrophilic?


  hydrophilic
• what does hydrophobic mean?

  repel water molecules
• what does hydrophilic mean?

  attracts water
• in phospholipids are the fatty acid tails hydrophilic or hydrophobic?

  hydrophobic
• what do the structures of lipids relate to?

  their functions