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What forms the lipid bilayer?

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The lipid bilayer of a cell membrane is composed of two layers of phospholipids with polar heads on the outside and nonpolar tails facing inward. It also contains embedded proteins and considerable amounts of cholesterol to maintain membrane fluidity.
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