Abstract: In a probe (1) for medical procedures in cavities of the body, consisting of an elastically flexible sheath (2), which over at least one longitudinal section is formed by sheath elements (11) lying one after another in the longitudinal direction, and a core (3), there is provided in the rearward region of the probe (1) between the sheath (2) and the core (3) such a fixing (5a, 5b) that by bending (B) of the probe (1) in the rearward region thereof, projecting out of the body cavity, a relative displacement between the sheath (2) and the core (3) takes place.