Continuity mistake: When Booth and Brennan are speaking with the widow explaining that her husband was murdered. Brennan has her arms folded across her chest, when the shot changes and you see her in the mirror her arms are hanging down at her sides, then when it changes back her arms are folded again. (00:15:00)
Continuity mistake: Right at the end, when Booth and Bones are having drinks at a bar, as Booth says good bye, Bones has her head resting on her propped up left arm. When Booth turns back to leave, both her arms are on the counter. (00:40:30)
Continuity mistake: At the end after shooting Farheed, we see Booth with both hands on the railing. Camera shows a secret service operative opening the camera bag containing the bomb then cuts back to Booth who suddenly has his gun back in his hands and raised as if he had just fired. (00:38:50)
Audio problem: When going up the escalator, Booth's lines after the quip about tying up horses are overdubbed. (00:37:10)
Continuity mistake: Booth finds the entry in the diary and holds up a square of paper. Camera cuts and he is now looking at his watch with the diary and paper gone. (00:35:25)
Continuity mistake: When Bones and Booth are discussing him and Tessa breaking up, the background outside the car changes between traveling at speed, traveling slowly, travelling through residential and traveling on highways all instantly. (00:32:25)
Continuity mistake: When talking to the brother, he bends over to place a tray of drinks on the table. Camera changes and he is suddenly stood bolt upright. (00:20:25)
Continuity mistake: When Bones is arguing with Booth and Angela at the bar, we see 3 extras walk in to the bar behind Bones. Camera cuts and they have disappeared. (00:18:20)
Continuity mistake: When Bones and Booth are arguing in the bar about the wife having an affair, Bones has chopsticks in her hand that disappears. (00:18:00)
Visible crew/equipment: When in the interrogation room after it is determined that The Man in the SUV is a victim, you can see a camera shadow on the wall by Bones. This shadow moves when no-one else does. (00:15:00)
Continuity mistake: Bones holds a red bag that is scrunched up for Angela at the start. Camera cuts and the bag is unfolded and being held open by Bones. (00:03:00)
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.