Steroids such as cholesterol are an important component of animal cell membranes but do not actually form the membrane.Why?
A) The ring structure of steroids is too bulky to form a membrane.
B) Lipids that form membranes are amphipathic with a polar region and a nonpolar region.
C) Steroids cannot interact with other molecules,which is required to form a cell membrane.
D) Steroids are too permeable to charged molecules to form a cell membrane.
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