The polar amphipathic lipid that forms a surface coating around a core of cholesterol esters and triglyceride in a lipoprotein is:

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The polar amphipathic lipid that forms a surface coating around a lipoprotein's core is a phospholipid, specifically phosphatidylcholine or phosphatidylserine. The other options, chylomicron, sphingolipid, and HDL, are either a specific type of lipoprotein (chylomicron and HDL) or a type of lipid (sphingolipid) that may be present in a lipoprotein, but do not form the surface coating.

The Polar Amphipathic Lipid That Forms a Surface Coating Around