Highlight the sentence s that describes s the Fluid Mosaic

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Highlight the sentence s that describes s the Fluid Mosaic model Select at least 1 sentence to check your answer The currently accepted model of the plasma membrane was proposed by Singer and Nicolson in 1972 They used the term Fluid Mosaic Model to describe the components of the plasma membrane and how those components interact with one another The plasma membrane is composed of a myriad of pieces that move throughout the sea of phospholipids The main component of the plasma membrane are the phospholipids The phospholipids form a bilayer structure with their hydrophilic phosphate heads in contact with the aqueous environment of the extracellular and intracellular environments Integral proteins which span the entire membrane interact with the phospholipid bilayer based on their hydrophilic and hydrophobic domains Peripheral proteins are located on either side of the plasma membrane Carbohydrate and lipid molecules associate with the proteins on the surface of the cell as well Cholesterol which is hydrophobic embeds itself within the fatty acid tails of the phospholipids All of these components contribute unique functions to the plasma membrane