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• The sinoatrial (SA) node, or pacemaker,<br />

sets the rate and timing at which cardiac<br />

muscle cells contract<br />

• Impulses from the SA node travel to the<br />

atrioventricular (AV) node<br />

• At the AV node, the impulses are delayed<br />

and then travel to the Purkinje fibers that<br />

make the ventricles contract

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