Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Fluid mosaic membranes

Fluid mosaic membranes — practice question

Which row indicates how cholesterol and the carbohydrate chains of glycolipids and glycoproteins are distributed in a cell surface membrane?

  • Acholesterol: between phospholipid heads only; carbohydrate chains of glycolipids: mainly on the outer surface; carbohydrate chains of glycoproteins: mainly on the inner surface
  • Bcholesterol: between phospholipid heads only; carbohydrate chains of glycolipids: mainly on the inner surface; carbohydrate chains of glycoproteins: mainly on the outer surface
  • Ccholesterol: between phospholipids; carbohydrate chains of glycolipids: mainly on the inner surface; carbohydrate chains of glycoproteins: mainly on the inner surface
  • Dcholesterol: between phospholipids; carbohydrate chains of glycolipids: mainly on the outer surface; carbohydrate chains of glycoproteins: mainly on the outer surface

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