The Knight on the Grid - S3-E8
Continuity mistake: In the Judge's chambers, Bones puts her hand up to ask if she can something. When the shot changes to a different angle, her arms are crossed in front of her. (00:37:50)
The Knight on the Grid - S3-E8
Continuity mistake: Amy gives Brennan Hailey's Thank You card. Her left hand moves between being down and holding on her bag strap in alternating shots.
The Knight on the Grid - S3-E8
Other mistake: The Gorgomon's bank vault discovered earlier in this season, is cluttered with 'stuff'. But in this episode, Zach discovers that multiple mirrors in the area were placed with care (and not randomly) to allow an video/audio device to see 'all parts of the vault'. First-I doubt any camera would be good enough to see much of anything except the one mirror it was looking at, much less multiple mirrored views (Zach used a laser to show the mirror positions). Second-the Jeffersonian staff are examining all the 'stuff' - they'd have to move some things to use equipment, etc. to check them out. It can be assumed they would have put things back in their original place/position, but it would have been impossible to re-place everything in so precisely the same position that the view, via multiple mirrors, would be the same.
The Santa in the Slush - S3-E9
Continuity mistake: Booth says that Parker is going to Vermont with Rebecca and Captain Fantastic. When he does he has his hands down and is driving. When the shot changes he's rubbing his head with one hand. (00:03:10)
The Santa in the Slush - S3-E9
Continuity mistake: When arguing in the truck and Bones says that Booth needs to accept he won't be having Parker for Christmas this year, Booth has a fist up to his head in one shot but not in the next. (00:15:15)
The Santa in the Slush - S3-E9
Continuity mistake: Booth tells Sweets to take his hat off in the diner. When doing so, he is pointing a fork at Sweets. Camera cuts, and he is no longer pointing a fork at Sweets. (00:31:30)
The Santa in the Slush - S3-E9
Visible crew/equipment: When the santas ask if Chris is dead, a red tape marker is visible on the floor.
Visible crew/equipment: At the very start the girl bends over to put her stuff down on the floor. Her top rides up a bit and exposes a black microphone wire. (00:00:30)
Continuity mistake: Booth tell Hodgins to "suck it up buttercup" over the phone in the garage. During this call the position of the phone in relation to Booth's mouth changes, it moves further away between shots. (00:17:10)
Continuity mistake: After the "date night" with Sweets and his girlfriend, Booth and Bones are in the car. When Brennan says that Booth was disrespectful, she goes from looking out the window to looking at Booth in an instant. (00:27:00)
Player Under Pressure - S3-E11
Continuity mistake: When Bones and Booth are talking to the cheerleaders at the Jeffersonian, the last cheerleader has her right hand up to her mouth in one shot then her left hand up to her head in the next. (00:33:50)
Player Under Pressure - S3-E11
Continuity mistake: Celeste is in the interrogation room with her hand next to her fiancé's. As the shot changes, her hand is no longer next to her fiancé's. (00:35:50)
Player Under Pressure - S3-E11
Audio problem: As he is preparing to put the skull in the turkey carcass, we hear Hodgins telling Cam that he is wrapping a skull in a turkey carcass, but his lips don't match the words "turkey carcass." He is saying something else.
The Verdict in the Story - S3-E13
Continuity mistake: At the start when Booth says they don't need couples therapy any more, his grip on his coffee mug changes between shots. (00:02:00)
The Verdict in the Story - S3-E13
Continuity mistake: When discussing how Booth feels regarding locking Max up, Booth is pointing at Brennan with his one hand, camera changes and he's no longer pointing. (00:02:40)
The Verdict in the Story - S3-E13
Revealing mistake: At the end where Brennan is waiting outside the courthouse, you can see Booth's (David's) arm. You can see it just to the left of the large column on the right side of the screen. It is there before he leaves the courtroom, and before he walks up. He is supposed to be walking to her from the courtroom, but the actor is instead waiting behind the pillar for his cue.
The Verdict in the Story - S3-E13
Continuity mistake: Sweets states both of his doctorates were from Columbia. In an earlier episode he said he had a doctorate from Philadelphia instead.
The Wannabe in the Weeds - S3-E14
Continuity mistake: When Zack and Cam are talking about the C5 vertebrae being shaved, Zack says there is no sign of microfractures and has his one hand raised with palm facing outward. In the next shot he is holding the bone with two hands. (00:08:40)
The Wannabe in the Weeds - S3-E14
Continuity mistake: When Pam is in the interview room she has sorted her food out on the table. When the shot changes it's back in one big pile, then it's sorted again. (00:13:10)
The Pain in the Heart - S3-E15
Character mistake: Bones says the remains are from someone about 180cm tall, and when asked for the "English" version, says "approximately 5'8." But 180cm is nearly 5'11" - 5'8" is only just over 170cm. Not a simplification someone as pedantic/accurate as Bones would make.
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.