What is the function of cholesterol in the cell membrane?

What is the function of cholesterol in the cell membrane?
  1. It helps to protect the nonpolar tail of saturated hydrocarbons from the aqueous environment
  2. It helps to stabilise the membrane
  3. It helps to transport molecules across the membrane
  4. It is not present in the cell membrane

Solution

Cholesterol helps to stabilise the membrane.

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