PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an endoscope including a standing table, capable of preventing pollution of an operation wire and preventing breakage of an outer periphery or inner periphery of a cover member.SOLUTION: The endoscope includes: a standing table rotationally configured in a storage chamber provided at a distal end body； an operation wire, the tip end side of which is connected to the standing table； and a stretchable cover member that covers the operation wire along the extension direction of the operation wire in an entire area from a connecting part of the standing table and the operation wire, to an operation-wire guide passage such that the operation wire can move relative thereto, where an interval between the tip end of the cover member and the standing table, and an interval between a base end of the cover member and the operation-wire guide passage are liquid-tightly fixed. The cover member is disposed at such a position not to interfere a moving passage of the cover member associated with the operation of the standing table, with a moving passage of a treatment instrument to be guided from a treatment-instrument guide passage provided at the distal end body.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8【課題】操作ワイヤの汚染を防止することができ、かつ被覆部材の外周又は内周の破損を防止できる起立台を備える内視鏡を提供する。【解決手段】内視鏡は、先端部本体に設けられる収容室に回動自在に構成される起立台と、起立台に先端側が接続される操作ワイヤと、起立台との操作ワイヤとの接続部から操作ワイヤ用案内路まで全領域の間、操作ワイヤの延設方向に沿い、かつ操作ワイヤが相対移動可能に、操作ワイヤを覆う伸縮自在の被覆部材と、被覆部材の先端と起立台との間、及び被覆部材の基端と操作ワイヤ用案内路との間が液密に固定され、起立台の操作に伴う被覆部材の移動経路と、先端部本体に設けられた処置具用案内路から導出される処置具の移動経路とが干渉しない位置に、被覆部材が配置される。【選択図】図８
