This study guide is my completed questions to the questions that are issued by the teacher using the text "Biology" by Campbell and Reece. Chapter 8: Membrane Structure and Function 1.<Tab/>Phospholipids consist of a hydrophilic head, and a hydrophobic tail. The cell membrane is a phospholipid bilayer two membranes thick. The bilayer is a stable boundary between two compartments because the molecular arrangement shelters the hydrophobic tails of the phospholipids from …
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…a cell had a bigger plasma membrane it would cause the cell to not function properly because the structure of the cell would be different. 17. We see in this chapter how cell are made of organelles and how they have different properties to the cell itself. We can analyze and find cure to diseases like in the example of the defective LDL receptors. The tiny substances that exist in our cells allow us to live.