How are the hydrophilic heads and hydrophobic tails of complex lipids distributed in the lipid bilayer? The hydrophilic heads project to the exterior of the cell, and the hydrophobic tails project to the cytoplasm. Both the hydrophilic heads and the hydrophobic tails are nonuniformly arranged across the bilayer. The hydrophilic heads project to the cytoplasm, and the hydrophobic tails project to the exterior of the cell. Some membranes have only hydrophilic heads, whereas other membranes have only hydrophobic tails.
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