The water hating hydrophobic tail of the phospholipid bilayer face the outside of the cell membrane

Question

3.2 packet from otters Christian biology workbook

Answer 1

This statement would be false.  The water hating hydrophobic tails of the phospholipid bilayer face the interior of the bilayer, i.e. they do not face the exterior of the membrane, nor do they face the interior of the cell (cytoplasm).

They look like this:

0---< >---0

0---< >---0

0---< >---0

 

where 0 is the water liking (hydrophilic) and ---< >--- is the water hating hydrophobic part