After the SA node stimulates the atria to contract, what happens next in the heartbeat cycle?

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After the SA node stimulates the atria to contract, what happens next in the heartbeat cycle?

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-AV node then picks up the signal
-transmits it to both ventricle
-causing them to contract

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