PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an endoscope and an endoscope system capable of reducing stress applied to wires and allowing an operator to appropriately acquire failure due to disconnection.SOLUTION: The endoscope includes: an outer casing image acquisition means applying light to the interior of the body cavity and acquiring an image a movable section disposed with the image acquiring means and movably retained in the outer casing a non-movable section fixed in the outer casing and a flexible board having a wire for connecting the movable section and the non-movable section. The flexible board has a first portion having high disconnection resistance and a second portion having disconnection resistance lower than that of the first portion, the second portion allocated with a wire for transmitting a signal notifying of disconnection.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】配線へのストレスを軽減するとともに、断線による故障を的確に把握することが可能な内視鏡および内視鏡システムを提供すること。【解決手段】外筒と、体腔内に光を照射して画像を取得する画像取得手段と、画像取得手段が配置され、外筒内で移動可能に保持される可動部と、外筒内で固定される非可動部と、可動部と非可動部とを接続する配線を有するフレキシブル基板と、を備え、フレキシブル基板は、断線強度が高い第1部分と、該第1部分よりも断線強度が低い第2部分を有し、該第2部分に、断線を通知する信号を伝達する配線が割り当てられる構成とした。【選択図】図4
