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What's a triglyceride made up from?
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3 fatty acid chains bound to 1 glycerol by 3 ester bonds
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Is a fatty acid chain hydrophobic or hydrophilic?
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Hydrophobic
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Saturated
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There are no carbon to carbon double bonds
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Mono-saturated
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One carbon to carbon double bond
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Poly-unsaturated
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More than one carbon to carbon double bond
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How is a phospholipid different to a triglyceride?
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A fatty acid chain has been removed and replaced with a phosphate group
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The phospholipid bilayer has an oily core, what does this mean?
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It's only permeable to small hydrophobic solutes(such as chloroform and ethanol)
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What is the basis for all steroids?
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Cholesterol
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What does cholesterol do?
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Regulates membrane fluidity
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