This figure reviews the structure of a phospholipid. Drag the terms on the left to the appropriate blanks on the right to complete the sentences. choline group phosphate group fatty acid hydrophobic hydrophilic glycerol Reset Help 1. A phospholipid has a "head" made up of a glycerol molecule attached to a single , which is attached to another small molecule. 2. Phospholipids vary in the small molecules attached to the phosphate group. The phospholipid shown in the figure has a phosphate. attached to 3. Because the phosphate group and its attachments are either charged or polar, the phospholipid head is for water. which means it has an affinity 4. A phospholipid also has two "tails" made up of two molecules, which consist of a carboxyl group with a long hydrocarbon chain attached. 5. Because the C-H bonds in the fatty acid tails are relatively nonpolar, the phospholipid tails are which means they are excluded from water. hydrophobic tails hydrophilic head CH₂-N(CH) choline CH₂ o-P-o CH₂-CH-CH₂ phosphate glycerol wwwww fatty acids (a) Structural formula (b) Space-filling model hydrophilic head -hydrophobic tails (c) Phospholipid symbol From Campbell Biology by Reece et al. Pearson Education, Inc.
This figure reviews the structure of a phospholipid. Drag the terms on the left to the appropriate blanks on the right to complete the sentences. choline group phosphate group fatty acid hydrophobic hydrophilic glycerol Reset Help 1. A phospholipid has a "head" made up of a glycerol molecule attached to a single , which is attached to another small molecule. 2. Phospholipids vary in the small molecules attached to the phosphate group. The phospholipid shown in the figure has a phosphate. attached to 3. Because the phosphate group and its attachments are either charged or polar, the phospholipid head is for water. which means it has an affinity 4. A phospholipid also has two "tails" made up of two molecules, which consist of a carboxyl group with a long hydrocarbon chain attached. 5. Because the C-H bonds in the fatty acid tails are relatively nonpolar, the phospholipid tails are which means they are excluded from water. hydrophobic tails hydrophilic head CH₂-N(CH) choline CH₂ o-P-o CH₂-CH-CH₂ phosphate glycerol wwwww fatty acids (a) Structural formula (b) Space-filling model hydrophilic head -hydrophobic tails (c) Phospholipid symbol From Campbell Biology by Reece et al. Pearson Education, Inc.
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Transcribed Image Text:This figure reviews the structure of a phospholipid.
Drag the terms on the left to the appropriate blanks on the right to complete the sentences.
choline group
phosphate group
fatty acid
hydrophobic
hydrophilic
glycerol
Reset Help
1. A phospholipid has a "head" made up of a glycerol molecule attached to
a single
, which is attached to another small molecule.
2. Phospholipids vary in the small molecules attached to the phosphate
group. The phospholipid shown in the figure has a
phosphate.
attached to
3. Because the phosphate group and its attachments are either charged or
polar, the phospholipid head is
for water.
which means it has an affinity
4. A phospholipid also has two "tails" made up of two
molecules, which consist of a carboxyl group with a long hydrocarbon
chain attached.
5. Because the C-H bonds in the fatty acid tails are relatively nonpolar, the
phospholipid tails are
which means they are excluded from
water.
hydrophobic tails
hydrophilic head
CH₂-N(CH)
choline
CH₂
o-P-o
CH₂-CH-CH₂
phosphate
glycerol
wwwww
fatty acids
(a) Structural formula
(b) Space-filling model
hydrophilic
head
-hydrophobic
tails
(c) Phospholipid symbol
From Campbell Biology by Reece et al. Pearson Education, Inc.
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