General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry: Structures of Life (5th Edition)

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Chapter 17 - Lipids - 17.7 Cell Membranes - Questions and Problems - Page 640: 17.61

Answer

Cholesterol molecules are very large and very rigid. As a result, they limit the flexibility of lipid bilayers in cell membranes and therefore strengthen these cell membranes.

Work Step by Step

Cholesterol molecules are very large and very rigid. As a result, they limit the flexibility of lipid bilayers in cell membranes and therefore strengthen these cell membranes.
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