A bending portion-equipped medical apparatus includes: a bending portion； a grasping portion having a long axis and including a sheath portion to be grasped by a finger other than a thumb of a grasping hand； an operation portion including the grasping portion； and an operation element for performing an operation to bend the bending portion, the operation element including a shaft portion including a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, the shaft portion being provided in a standing manner in the operation portion, a tilting direction and an tilting angle of the shaft portion being changeable, and a finger contact portion provided at the distal end portion and including inclined surfaces each inclined from the proximal end direction side of the shaft portion to the distal end direction side of the shaft portion along a tilting direction in which the tilting angle of the shaft portion increases.
