Multiple Choice
Formation of a lipid bilayer is energetically favorable.How does this arrangement result in higher entropy for the system, and thus make bilayer formation energetically favorable?
A) Polar head groups form a hydrogen-bonding network at the interface with water.
B) Water molecules form cage-like structures around hydrophobic molecules.
C) Hydrogen bonds form between neighboring polar head groups in the bilayer.
D) Fatty acid tails are highly saturated and flexible.
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