Saturated vs unsaturated

• Unsaturated vs Saturated


  . Saturared fatty acid tails have no double bonds

  . Unsaturated fatty acid tails have double bonds which cause the tail to kink in places.

  . repelling other tails away and forming larger gaps between the tails making the membrane more fluid
• Saturated


  Saturared fatty acid tails have no double bonds
• Unsaturated 


  . Unsaturated fatty acid tails have double bonds

  . This causes the tails to kink in places

  . Repelling other tails away and forming larger gaps between the tails making the membrane more fluid