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Phospholipid Bilayer:

A two-layered arrangement of phosphate and lipid molecules that form a cell membrane, the hydrophobic lipid ends facing inward and the hydrophilic phosphate ends facing outward.

It is also called the lipid bilayer

phospholipid bilayer. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved december 20, 2007, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/phospholipid bilayer