What are 'water-loving' heads of phospholipids?

Water loving or hydrophilic head of phospholipid is the polar part of phospholipid molecule. It prefers to stay in water or in contact with water as polar is more stable in polar. Example: plasma membrane. read more

As the other answer stated, the “water-loving”, or hydrophilic, nature of any chemical simply means that the solvation energy of water dipoles reaches a minimum with the compound—here the lipid. Many lipids, but not all, have phosphate groups at one end—they are amphiphilic. read more

Phospholipids are made up of both water loving, and water repelling materials. They head, which is made of glycerol, is water repelling and therefore forms the outer and inner parts of the cell, away from the water. read more

Hydrophilic.Hydrophilic means 'water-loving', while hydrophobic means 'water-hating'. (Hence the root word phobia in hydrophobic.). read more