The Boneless Bride in the River - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: Zack identifies the bone as belonging to a male who died 2 years ago of cancer. Booth, when questioning the parents say's it was 3 years ago they buried their son and the parents agree. (00:25:00)
Continuity mistake: When they pull the body out of the water, there is some vegetation hanging by the body's face in a close up that wasn't there in a previous mid range shot. (00:03:30)
The Girl in the Gator - S2-E13
Continuity mistake: Gordon holds the form out for Booth and it's neatly folded and Booth takes it as so, However when the shot changes, the form is once again opened. (00:06:30)
The Girl in the Gator - S2-E13
Continuity mistake: At the start Dwight tells Bones that the music attracts the kids. When he does, Bones has both arms outstretched. As the camera changes, she now has one arm across her body. (00:01:00)
The Devil in the Details - S5-E14
Continuity mistake: Hodgens hits himself on the left side of his head with the nunchucks, then later on he closes his uninjured right eye to look at the computer screen with his injured left eye.
Continuity mistake: When Booth is showing off his scar to the kid, the picture on the table is constantly changing position between shots. (00:26:10)
Continuity mistake: The way Bones positions the bones on the tray change between shots when she photographs them for her team. (00:06:40)
Continuity mistake: When Booth tells Bones that she isn't done yet near the start, Bones puts a pen in her mouth with the back of her hand away from the camera. Camera changes and now it's facing the camera. (00:02:40)
The Murder in the Middle East - S10-E19
Continuity mistake: In all shots of Cam talking on her phone to Arastoo after the first, what's on the bottom of the phone is different to the first. Later, when she has the phone is on the table, what was on the bottom in the later shots is at the top of the phone, suggesting at some point she started talking on it upside down. (00:02:53 - 00:04:05)
The Blackout in the Blizzard - S6-E16
Continuity mistake: Toward the end in the elevator, Bones says there may be a way out by jumping on the seats to break them because of the rusted bolts between the 1st and 2nd seats, and they break. But at the end in Booth's apartment they are sitting in the seats, and they are numbered 1-4, but the seats look like they broke between seats 1 and 2. When the seats are intact there are 5 of them, so it should have been seats 2-5 that were intact at the end.
The Witch in the Wardrobe - S5-E20
Continuity mistake: When they reveal that the stab wounds create a pentagram, Brennan misses one of the dots while drawing it, but when they have the pentagram in frame the next time the pentagram has been redrawn. (00:34:57)
The Mystery in the Meat - S9-E10
Continuity mistake: When Booth is holding up the meat injector during the interrogation, its position is constantly changing between the numerous camera angles. (00:31:00)
The Spark in the Park - S9-E11
Continuity mistake: The box the dad draws around the questions at the end changes design. Note the long line on the right hand side. (00:44:50)
The Spark in the Park - S9-E11
Continuity mistake: At the end, the equations on the board are different in the close ups to the distance shots. (00:43:15)
The Mystery in the Meat - S9-E10
Continuity mistake: When we see the eyeball on a spoon at the start, it's position changes between shots. (00:02:00)
Continuity mistake: Booth and Sweets walk into his office after the title credits. Booth's coffee mug changes hands between shots. (00:07:50)
Continuity mistake: The pointer to the "Proposed Gazebo Site" on the screen directs to different points on the map. (00:05:42)
The Beginning in the End - S5-E22
Continuity mistake: When the skull rolls to a stop there are very few maggots on it. When the camera shows it a few seconds later there are lots. (00:02:00)
Soccer Mom in the Mini-Van - S3-E2
Continuity mistake: At the end sat on the steps of the Lincoln memorial, Bones' arms keep alternating they way they are crossed. (00:42:30)
Soccer Mom in the Mini-Van - S3-E2
Continuity mistake: Max walks into the meeting room with Bones and the guard closes the door. A few moments later the door is closed again. (00:08:25)
Answer: Since the palatine bone is a bone that helps form the mouth it has a lot to do with speaking. The shape of it differs a lot depending on your ethnic background. I would guess that they, in the show, meant that the person's bone tells that they were Japanese and that it was "made for the purpose of speaking Japanese." That's what I'd assume anyway. I've studied molecular biology though, so I'm not an expert on bones.