An important property of lipids is self-assembly in fluid environments. This means

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They arrange themselves so the polar ends face the water and the non-polar tails face away from the water.

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The water causes the polar tails to dissociate from the non-polar heads.

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The cholesterol molecule inserts itself into the non-polar tails of lipids.

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The water causes the polar heads to dissociate from the non-polar tails.

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The lipid forms a membranous micelle.

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